Description: This article presents a view of health care as an economic system, suggests a framework for classifying current criticisms of the system, and offers references for further reading.

Description: A summary of how the SAO plans to strengthen the role of the academic branch of the profession through Centers of Actuarial Excellence and Ph.D. stipends.

Description: An article that recaps the 29th Annual Actuarial Research Conference ARC. Four Bayesian -related papers were presented as well as papers on modeling and experience studies.

Description: A brief review of a successful conference for young researchers in actuarial science and risk management.

Description: This is the third, and last, of the series of reflections by actuaries who were asked to take a fresh look today at problems that worried them 20 years ago. This one deals with the anticipated need for actuaries in the future

Description: The chairperson reports on Health Section activities: papers by the joint workgroups with the AAA's Health Practice Council to inform the public and congressional staff, papers on capital requirements under proposed health care reform and on proposed taxing of Cadillac plans, new research on IBNR reserving methods and on measuring the quality and efficiency of health care delivery systems.

Description: At its October 1987 meeting, the Society’s Board of Governors unanimously passed a resolution approving a proposal for the Society to assist in establishing an actuarial science program at Nankai University in the People’s Republic of China.

Description: Discussion of the status of the Preliminary Education Working Group and the Actuarial Education Working Group, which were created by the Society of Actuaries to further the work of the Task Force on Education and Qualification with respect to preliminary education for actuaries.

Description: Rick Foster, chief actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services discusses public policy

Description: Actuaries pride themselves on innovation and advancements; but no professional field has pushed to set the bar higher than medical Radiology. Over the course of the last few decades, medicine has begun to rely more on artificial intelligence to aid in the process of patient care; and the results have been outstanding! This article looks to show how high the bar has been set, how it will impact the current state of the world of the actuary and the future impacts