Description: Although many actuaries are employed in the insurance industry, opportunities are opening up in a number of non-traditional areas. These areas include the financial services industry, marketing/ sales organizations, environmental liability, and benefits management, among many others including this actuary who works for the circus Cirque du Soleil.

Description: Survey of the experiences of actuaries working internationally.

Description: This article is about a session held at the October 1996 annual meeting, which focused on how actuaries can move beyond traditional employers.

Description: This is an interview with Michael Braunstein, one of the founding members of the Leadership & Development section.

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

Description: The chairperson provides an update of the Future Section's areas of focus: Career Pioneer Program, Critical Skills Education and Risk Management Opportunities.

Description: This article highlights the experiences of a personal actuary.

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.

Description: Interview with investment actuary Carl Hess, head of Towers Watson global investment practice, on his background and career path.