Description: This article describes how eligible actuaries can apply for research grants during 1984 sponsored by the Actuarial Education and Research Fund AERF.

Description: This article includes a table that illustrates the time elapsed for new Fellows who qualified in the May and November 1983 examinations, from the date each fellow wrote his/her first exam.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1986, Volume 20, No. 6, on actuarial research. Early movement in the research direction came in the '60s with the organization of annual Actuarial Research Conferences at campus locations, followed by the publication of ARCH, both under the sponsorship of what was then known as the Research Committee. The notable research development of the '70s was the formation of the Actuarial Education and Research Fund, a profession-wide attempt to encourage the development of new actuarial knowledge. In the early '80s the Society began to organize for a serious research effort, directed particularly toward the improvement of its experience studies.

Description: This article discusses the new Investment Section. The initial targeted areas are expected to be: Modeling, Corporate Finance, Capital Management and Investment Instruments.

Description: Final regulations imposing Continuing Professional Education CPE requirements for enrolled actuaries in the United States were promulgated recently by the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries. The Joint Board was established by federal law ERISA in 1974 to regulate pension actuaries. Certain pension actuarial certifications required by ERISA must be performed by an enrolled actuary As described below, the CPE requirements will cause some administrative inconvenience for enrolled actuaries but - with certain notable exceptions - will not affect our behavior.

Description: The August/September 2013 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: This column for the SOA’s education department describes the ways professional development has changed and lists some of the new offerings.

Description: An article provides a report from the Society of Actuaries Board of Governors meeting in San Antonio, Texas, on June 14-15, 1994. Included are Board actions, particularly on SOA Bylaws, the establishment of the SOA Ambassador Program, and the creation of a heath Risk Adjuster research project.

Description: Announces the first major grant awarded to the newly formed Society of Actuaries Foundation to fund the development, production, and distribution costs for a major book on financial economic theory as it applies to the work of actuaries.

Description: In this article the authors review the book, The Elements of Business Writing by Gary Blake and Robert W. Bly, and highlight the basics of improving business writing skills.