Description: The articles discusses how Principles-based approaches PBA to setting reserves and capital can be combined with Enterprise Risk Management to create a competitive advantage for an insurance company. Those companies can leverage these models by combining unique risks and strategies to measure and manage risk.

Description: This author makes a few suggestions for how the ASB can improve the way it defines and sets standards of practice in light of the challenges actuaries face today. The author believes that ASOP's hould be promulgated by the ASB ony after a thorough process that goes beyond codifying existing practices.

Description: Irish actuary and professor explains his hypothesis that actuaries, as practitioners, are reluctant to adopt the theories of financial economists unless the models on which the theories are based fit the actual data the actuaries have.

Description: Looks at the non-traditional role of actuary Kim Johnson as a vice president of investor relations.

Description: Chronicles the journey made by Allstate to enhance its process for managing risk and ultimately find ways to better exploit risk opportunities.

Description: The Society's vision is for actuaries to be recognized as the leading professionals in the modeling and management of financial risk and contingent events. To that end, this column will regularly update members on the latest initiatives underway aimed at helping us realize this vision.

Description: This article describes the EXCEL Model, a teaching and coaching tool developed by The Flippen group, College Station, Texas and adopted by many organizations. It focuses the leader on the needs of the team. The five components of the model are: Engage, X-plore, Communciate, Empower and Launch.

Description: This article describes how insurers can expand the reach of their efforts with regard to Economic Capital EC into the broader enterprise risk management process. Some experts contend that can be done by shifting the focus towards value. EC has the potential to shed new light on valuable opportunities for insurers.

Description: This is an interview with Shane Chalke, FSA, MAAA, who has started three businesses since 1983. Chalke, the youngest person ever to be elected to the SOA Board of Governors, has a knack for making the right business decisions. He tells how his actuarial background has played a role in his success, and what makes him a winner.

Description: An interview with Jim Toole, lead researcher for SOA's pandemic research project. The project examines pandemic influenza and its implications to the life and health insurance industry.

Description: Discusses the growing and evolving field of pricing and valuing stock option plans, and makes the case that actuaries are the professionals best qualified to serve clients in the field.

Description: The hot days of summer are upon us and, with it, the inevitable reference to the dog days of August. All over North America this year, summer began early with heat waves, heat alerts, smog alerts and hurricane and tornado warnings. Admittedly, this is not very encouraging news for our society which is concerned with preservation of life, quality of life and conservation of property. Accordingly, it is a challenge for our profession that prides itself on its ability to accurately calculate the financial impact of natural or catastrophic events on society at large. The Actuary Magazine August 2005

Description: Discusses the emerging issue of non-formulaic reserves, which surrounds principles-based reserving, in a Q&A format.

Description: Discusses the role of the Board of Governors of a typical corporation, and how an actuary can be well suited to contribute as a Board member.

Description: Describes the current enterprise risk management, ERM, model for beginners.

Description: In recent years, actuaries have experienced an increase in competition. Competitors from other financial services industries are taking positions traditionally held by actuaries. Some have occupied senior positions, including the CFO and CRO roles. Many actuaries perceive this as a threat to the opportunities for actuaries. From The Actuary Magazine June 2005

Description: A focus on the capital markets perspective and some of the products dealers offer to hedge and help mitigate capital costs and tail exposure risks. From The Actuary Magazine, April/May 2005

Description: Discusses a major campaign to change the image of the actuary.

Description: This article focuses on marketing opportunities and the impact of new international accounting standards on emerging markets in Latin America and Asia. The author presents an update on these subjects from interviews with speakers at a session at the recent annual meeting.

Description: An article from The Actuary on what's hot and what's not in the job seeking market. Top recruiters share information on competition, employment trends and the job market.

Description: Letters written by the readers

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 38, Number 6, June 2004

Description: This supplemental issue of the June, 2004 newsletter, The Actuary, are interviews with the President-elect candidates where they talk about goals, priorities and the future of the SOA.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 38, Number 5 - May 2004

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 38, Number 4 - April 2004

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 38, Number 3 - March 2004

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 38, Number 1 - January 2004

Description: Full version of The Actuary Year In Review Newsletter Volume 37, Number 10 - December 2003

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 37, Number 9 - November 2003

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 37, Number 8 - October 2003

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 37, Number 7 - September 2003

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 37, Number 6 - June 2003

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 37, Number 5 - My 2003

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 37, Number 1 - January 2003

Description: The author tries to expalin why actuaries failed to capitalise on their century-old head start in the field of financial economics.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 36, Number 9 - November 2002

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 36, Number 8 - October 2002

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 36, Number 7 - September 2002

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 35, Number 6 - September 2001

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 35, Number 4 - April 2001

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 35, Number 3 - March 2001

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 35, Number 2 - February 2001

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 34, Number 5 - May 2000

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 34, Number 4 - April 2000

Description: This article discusses health care reform in Kentucky. In 1994, Kentucky implemented health care reform measures inspired by the unsuccessful attempt at national health care reform in the Health Security Act of 1993. The measures adopted in Kentucky are described by the author as 'a textbook case of how not to engage in health care reform.' From: The Actuary, April 2000 – volume 34 - Issue 4.

Description: The June 2000 supplement of The Actuary. The SOA Committee on Elections and the June 2000 issue's editor 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.

Description: Full version of The Actuary, December 1999, Vol. 33, No. 10.

Description: The last year in the 20th century was an important time for the Society of Actuaries. Central to the Society’s 1998-99 activities were the celebration of its 50th anniversary, consideration of the Big Tent concept for the profession’s future, finalization of its new education and examination system for implementation in 2000, and sponsorship of a wide range of scientific projects and seminars. This article provides a 1998-99 Society of Actuaries year in review.

Description: This is a presidential address to the Society of Actuaries by Howard J. Bolnick.

Description: This article is about our dependence on prescription drugs, their cost and the desire for insurance coverage of drugs.

Description: The author offers advice to an imaginary Fellowship Admission Course about group disability insurance. The speech is based on an article by Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune entitled “Advice, Like Youth, Probably Just Wasted on the Young” that became widely known as the “Sunscreen Speech” because of its central theme.

Description: Article from: The Actuary, November 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 9: Tillinghast-Towers Perrin has been selected to conduct the Risk Position Report Survey research project. The study is intended to increase awareness about the kinds of risk measurement reports currently in use in the insurance industry. Project objectives are:

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 33, Number 9 - November 1999

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 33, Number 8 - October 1999

Description: Article from: The Actuary, October 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 08: The American Academy of Actuaries’ Valuation Task Force has asked the SOA to perform research related to the NAIC’s Unified Valuation System (UVS) initiative.

Description: This article discusses a 1999 white paper, 'A Partnership between the Academic Community and the Actuarial Profession.' The ultimate goal was to create uniformity in education such that qualified actuaries would be recognized regardless of where they qualified. From: The Actuary, October 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 08.

Description: This article presents a summary of ideas discussed in a 1999 symposium on the subject of the pros and cons of privatization as an element of the U.S. Social Security system. The four main topics addressed were: 1. Overview of Social Security reform. 2. Pros and cons of privatization. 3. Impact of privatization. 4. Practical issues of privatization. From: The Actuary, September 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 7.

Description: This overview of the pros and cons of individual accounts and the paygo system was offered by two speakers at the 1999 symposium, “Impact of Social Security Privatization on Retirement Income. From: The Actuary, September 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 7.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 33, Number 7 - September 1999

Description: Article from: The Actuary, September 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 7: The CAS/SOA Ph.D. Grants Task Force awarded one initial grant for the 1999-2000 academic year. The recipient is Yu “Jack” Luo of the University of Wisconsin for his study, “Modern Statistical Methods in Credibility Theory,” being funded by the CAS. Four students were awarded grant renewals: ...

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 6: Independent brokerage agencies have been the alternative distribution system of choice by life insurers using methods other than the career agency system to bring products to market.

Description: In this artice, seven former Society of Actuaries presidents offer their views of the 'Big Tent' approach to growing and strengthening the SOA and the profession. They were asked for their insights by SOA President Howard J. Bolnick, who crafted the Big Tent concept as head of the SOA Committee on Strategic Planning in 1998.

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.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 33, Number 6 - June 1999

Description: This article presents an overview of the activities, objectives and recommendations of a joint task force representing several North American actuarial organizations to explore a closer partnership between the academic and actuarial communities.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 33, Number 4 - April 1999

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 33, Number 2 - February 1999

Description: This article explores the trend in mergers and acquisitions among health insurance providers including the rationale for the recent increase in activity.

Description: Article from The Actuary, January 1999 – Supplement: The Society of Actuaries vision is for actuaries to be recognized as the leading professionals in the modeling and management of financial risk and contingent events.

Description: This is a speech by SOA President Howard Bolnick in which he discusses a new avenue for developing membership in the Society and the actuarial profession. This approach, which is called the 'Big Tent' vision for the profession, considers inviting qualified professionals into the ranks of the profession and the Society.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 33, Number 1 - January 1998

Description: Full version of The Actuary Supplement - January 1999

Description: Article from The Actuary, November 1998 – volume 32 - Issue 9: Planning is progressing for the SOA conference “Fair Value Accounting for Insurance Companies,” March 18-19, 1999, at New York University (NYU), and some exciting new wrinkles have recently arisen.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 32, Number 9 - November 1998

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 32, Number 3 - March 1998