Description: This article is about why actuaries should have integral roles within nearly every IT and business intelligence company serving the insurance industry.

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

Description: Article on negotiating and reviewing the consulting agreement. Keeping the contract issues discussed in mind can contribute to a successful client/consultant relationship.

Description: We interview two former actuarial analysts who transitioned into non-actuarial roles and learn about their experiences in their former employers and the reasons for their career change.

Description: This is an interview with Steve Vernon, FSA, MAAA, who runs his own business for helping people live long and prosper–financially, emotionally and with respect to their health. His contribution to society is to use his actuarial expertise and communication skills to help the baby boom generation face these challenges.

Description: Interview with entrepreneurial actuary, Nick Blitterswyk.

Description: Editorial discussing opportunities for actuaries in the health care industry.

Description: This article offers several broad definitions of an actuary that could apply in both traditional and non-traditional roles.

Description: Brief article focusing on the future of the actuarial profession.

Description: Article from The Actuary, April 1986, Volume 20, No. 4, that highlights non-traditional perspectives. It is fashionable these days to characterize actuarial jobs as either traditional or non-traditional. My experience, however, as an actuary working for a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange, leads me to conclude that the traditional skills associated with actuarial training are quite appropriate for the activities of a stock brokerage.