Description: In her address at the 1997 Society of Actuaries annual meeting, incoming president Anna Rappaport gave high priority to 'further developing multidisciplinary joint ventures with other professional associations and academia, including facilitating the exchange of ideas between academics and practitioners.' This article describes the results of that endeavor.

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

Description: Carl C. Cowen, Jr., head of Purdue University’s actuarial program, received the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award. This award honors extraordinarily successful and widely recognized educators whose teaching effectiveness has had influence beyond their own institutions.

Description: The Society of Actuaries now has more than 600 members in Asia. This article describes how the SOA is increasing its outreach to members in Asia by establishing the Asia Committee, and by approving a three-year extension of the SOA’s support for the actuarial program at Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

Description: Article from The Actuary, October 1989, Volume 23, No 9 describes the Nankai Actuarial Program that was suspended by pro democracy demonstrations in May of 1989 in China Tiananmen Square.

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: Notable achievements in the Enhanced Relationship with Candidates initiative.

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: The April/May 2016 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: Accomplishments of the past year and a look at initiatives for the year ahead.