Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 This session provided an update on the progress of the American Academy of Actuaries task force charged with developing a long-term strategic approach for marketing the profession to future users of actuarial services and to strategically position and strengthen the profession.

Description: This report focuses on measuring retirement benefit adequacy in light of both expected and unexpected expenses in retirement and linking the measurement to the needs and objectives of different stakeholder groups.

Description: This is a discussion of the Life–Cycle Model, findings from behavioral finance, managing risks post–retirement, the role of government, software and some perspectives on the future.

Description: This article discusses Life-Cycle Saving and Investing for retirement. The article reviews how actuaries can add to the discussion of what is wanted and needed in retirement and how traditional replacement ratios can be linked with consumption targets.

Description: Author's views about how to improve the value of actuaries to current and prospective clients/employers and to society as a whole.

Description: This panel discussion focuses on member feedback to the proposal for the reorganization of the actuarial profession in North America. From the 1977 Record Vol. 3, No. 3.

Description: This is a discussion about how actuaries have become more and more involved in work outside what may be considered traditional actuarial functions. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21 Pt. 2, No. 59.

Description: Presentation of proposals that are designed to further improve actuarial education by anticipating educational needs based on future change in the nature of actuarial work. The paper is divided into three sections: I. Current and Past Education of Actuaries II. Actuaries as Customers for Education and III. The Future Educational Needs of Actuaries and How These Needs Might Be Implemented. Followed by several submitted discussion papers.

Description: The author summarizes the content of a seminar entitled “Integrated Approaches to Risk Management in the Financial Services Industry,” including a description of the papers presented.

Description: This session discussion is about the actuary's opportunities and roles in the 21st century and the actuaries appropriate steps in preparing for these roles. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3A.