Description: The results of Competition No. 3 which asked for symbolic representation for actuaries and other professions and solicits entries for competition no. 4.

Description: Encouraging submission of articles from any interested parties

Description: This staff corner presents the new newsletter format.

Description: A real life situation is posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision, and readers are invited to submit their responses to "What Would You Do?" This issue’s case study involved an actuarial manager facing the potential resignation of a key employee.

Description: SOA interview with David Axene

Description: Leadership inspiration essay asserting that the things that are the most valuable to us are also the things that we have to work the hardest for.

Description: A discussion of the effective use of social media for risk management professionals to help educate the general public, including analysis of natural disaster responses, and the importance of establishing credibility as an online expert.

Description: Today's pressure for profitability, coupled with a widespread demand for internal and external transparency, has elevated the importance of data and the need to understand how it relates to all aspects of an insurance operation. This article discusses how actuaries can better communicate with other disciplines within an insurance operation.

Description: This is an article about actuaries competing to complete the ACTUCROSSWORD. From The Actuary VOL. 16, No.3

Description: The article discusses how to have important conversations with the people who make up your circle of influence, including those who work for you, peers and colleagues, clients, superiors, governing boards, and vendors and contractors. The author states that “your ability to use language well, to enter into conversations boldly and confidently, and to create strong relationships and demonstrate understanding across multiple groups and situations will absolutely determine your ability to create, sustain and maintain a profitable culture.”