Description: The letter from the president details recent developments and plans to increase the Society of Actuaries’ role in the arena of public policy research.

Description: An article about the government needing insight in public policy issues and is looking to actuaries as professionals who can help.

Description: Review of 2010 events and accomplishments of the Untapped Opportunities work group for the Health Section: market research analyzing the perceptions and potential roles of actuaries in the broader health care industry, educational programs on medical and clinical matters, planned research destined to expand brand awareness of health actuaries, and building organizational partnerships.

Description: This paper is from the Digest of Discussion of Subjects of Special Interest at the 1956 Society of Actuaries Western Spring Meeting, held June 7-8 in Chicago. It identifies those who made comments and summarizes their remarks. Topics of discussion include enhancing the value of the actuarial profession, the examination system and ways to improve actuarial education, and how younger members can help recruit new students to the profession. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 22.

Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 5, that is a guest editorial regarding actuaries in the community and how closely integrated and intertwined are the concepts of professionalism and community service.

Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 5 that talks about the various ways of constructing systems and suggests the desirability of establishing measures of efficiency for the alternatives so that we may rationally choose among them.