Description: Discussion of roles of health actuaries in the future.

Description: Much of enterprise risk management has its roots in portfolio management and corporate finance. The concepts of trading off risk and return and benefits of diversification are well understood and articulated in both the actuarial and economics fields, so I don’t believe there are significant knowledge gaps preventing actuaries from contributing to the field. In fact, actuaries may have an advantage in many situations where a large part of a firm’s overall risk arises from pension activities or other more typical actuarial risks.

Description: This article discusses a multiyear design for stop-loss reinsurance used by employers offering self-funded medical benefit programs.

Description: The author calls for a re-examination of potential new avenues for growth for the actuarial profession, both in new areas and traditional areas.

Description: This article discusses the actuarial profession and its role and needed skill set development going forward in meeting the needs of businesses for risk management and capital management

Description: Discussion of the skills actuaries need going forward to be successful, and hence, incorporated into the new actuarial exam syllabus.

Description: The momentum in value-based care has produced an opportunity for actuaries to become pioneers in health care

Description: Survey of the experiences of actuaries working internationally.

Description: The current president of ACTEX, an actuarial learning company, shares the company's history, development, and vision for the future.

Description: As the Board member partner assigned to work with the Actuary of the Future Section as of March 2005, I am reporting to you about several topics that may interest the section membership for this newsletter. Many of you have already received a lot of information and/or have read articles about the strategic plan, the image campaign, the reorganization of the SOA by sections versus practice areas and other large efforts underway at the SOA. There are many other things going on that are exciting, so I will focus on sharing other issues with you that may be less well known.