Description: The latest installment in a series that applies Buddhist principles to actuarial practice. This particular installment focuses on the author's recent experience in recovering from serious injury, the lessons from Buddhism learned during that process, and the parallels of healing to the challenges actuaries face when businesses or processes are "broken".

Description: The authors discuss best practices in building, retaining, and growing diverse actuarial teams and evidence that points to the benefits to companies of doing so.

Description: Article Portrait Of An Actuary by Moorhead in The Actuary, April 1979, Volume 13, Number 4

Description: A summary of a preliminary report from the Committee on Valuation and Related Problems, on guidelines for quantifying balance sheet items in an insurance enterprise.

Description: One of the most fundamental concepts in actuarial practice is the time value of money. For any work in which future cash flows are allowed for, such as reserving or pricing, it is natural to discount to present values so that an appropriate amount of money can be set aside today, allowing for future investment returns. This article discusses yield curve extrapolation methods along with the benefits and drawbacks of these methods.

Description: The editor of HealthWatch addresses the readership on actuarial best practices and purpose of ASOPs. Issue No 60

Description: Thank you to the contributors and those who helped. Brief description of the articles in the issue.

Description: Chairperson's Corner discussing actuarial principles and what we as actuaries value in our work.

Description: Interview with Mike Smith, chief risk officer of ING U.S. Insurance Solutions unit.

Description: The article summarizes two of the highest rated sessions sponsored by the Reinsurance Section during the 2013 SOA Annual Meeting in San Diego.