Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Las Vegas, NV May 22-24, 2000 The panel explored the following question: With all the consolidation in the health insurance business, what can an actuary do to maintain marketability of his or her skills?

Description: This editorial by the Editor of the Actuary discusses the shrinkage of volunteers contributing to the SOA, and discusses the importance of volunteers to the SOA and the benefits of such volunteering to our societal well-being.

Description: This article suggests that attitude is the single most important factor in achieving success and provides a script for orchestrating attitude and thereby success.

Description: A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved what to do about a product line that wasn't living up to expectations.

Description: This is the second article in a three-part series focused on the "Do Nothing" leadership approach presented by Professor J. Keith Murnighan, a professor at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Description: A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved whether a 'promotion' was truly such, and what should be the actuary's next step.