Description: Second article in a series on effective writing: focuses on writing for Chinese readers if English; and on writing for English readers if Chinese.

Description: The editor of the newsletter provides a running list of articles included in the issue highlighting such topics as the applicability genetic algorithms, the power of group dynamics, judgmental forecasting, improvement in mortality and complexity science.

Description: Provides a simplified explanation of the modeling and statistical terms currently in use by the profession, and provides a list of publications worth reading in regards to complexity science plus a list of free software.

Description: Actuaries of the future have to embrace the ideas and technologies that lie ahead.

Description: Actuaries are Known as highly ethical. Data Science poses ethical challenges for our profession.

Description: Actuaries have the opportunity to transform to a new role that utilizes predictive analytics and new data sources such as epigenetics, to better humankind.

Description: Actuaries provide special subject matter expertise to question (or validate) the results of data analytics models. Other quants often cannot do this.

Description: Editorial and issue introduction

Description: Panel discussion from the May 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Colorado Springs covering developments in Education and Examination. Topics discussed included: 1. Goals, purposes and objectives of actuarial education in general, and the Society's Education and Examination E & E program in particular. 2. Critique of the current E & E system. 3. Plans for and future directions of actuarial education, including the role of the academic community.

Description: The authors take a deeper look at the long-standing motto of the Society of Actuaries, from John Ruskin, “The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances and demonstrations for impressions.”