Description: Discusses the tarnished image of pension actuaries in Washington and the importance of good standards of practice and strong enforcement to ensure that actuaries maintain their public credibility.

Description: An article that profiles actuaries who enjoy running.

Description: Discusses the evolution of the Valuation Actuaries Symposium since the 1980s.

Description: This article is the presidential address at the 2000 annual meeting of the SOA. As he was leaving office, Norm Crowder told the attendees about his year as SOA president and his vision for the Society's future. From: The Actuary, December 2000, volume 34, issue 10.

Description: Article from The Actuary, November 1998 – volume 32 - Issue 9: Bernard Dussault was dismissed by Canada’s superintendent of financial institutions, John Palmer, in late August from the position of chief government actuary and chief actuary for the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), the Canadian equivalent of the U.S. old-age survivors disability income portion of the Social Security system.

Description: As the pace of consolidation accelerates and competition increases, profitability pressures are intensifying. Life insurers must continually search for new ideas and techniques to gain marketplace advantage. An issue facing insurance organizations is who should develop and perform the customer profitability analysis. Perhaps the best people to address this issue are the actuaries. This article discusses four major issues actuaries must consider in defining an appropriate customer profitability metric.

Description: The author chronicles the history of the actuarial profession and actuarial organizations around the world and discusses how globalization affects the actuarial profession today.

Description: This article is about the relative merits of changing the U.S. Social Security system from its current defined benefit approach to a defined contribution approach.

Description: Discusses how competitive pressures are dramatically altering the distribution process for life insurance. Product pricing and client service are cornerstones in the changes to distribution.

Description: The SOA Committee on Elections and the June 1999 issue’s editor, Robert D. Shapiro, invited candidates for the office of president-elect of the Society of Actuaries to be interviewed by The Actuary. This annual service of The Actuary is intended to help Fellows make more informed choices in voting for a future SOA president.