Description: Author shares perspectives on the advantages and importance of working abroad in career development.

Description: This article covers focus of the section council, progress on ongoing initiatives such as the Career Pioneer Program, and new initiatives including image building of the profession as well as support for actuaries in individual practice and/or small businesses.

Description: A Note from the Editor...encouraging actuaries to expand into some nontraditional areas.

Description: An article that explains the importance of lifelong learning--education shouldn't stop once you've attained your FSA.

Description: This paper is a sequel to Shapiro et. al. in that it discusses a similar role for CAI in topics specific to the text Actuarial Mathematics, by Bowers et. al 1986. The topics covered are the previous topics of actuarial notation, basic concepts, and what-if analysis, along with some new ideas for the presentation of stochastic models.

Description: Article Editorial by Vogel in The Actuary, December 1979, Volume 13, Number 10. Actuary aspires to be a highly valued professional in the general public.

Description: an excerpt from a speech discussing how experts can become so immersed in their work that they cannot see how their profession relates to and affects society. This is excerpted, with permission, from Mr. Anderson’s speech, “Strategic Planning for Corporate Growth,” to the Chemical Marketing Research Assn.

Description: In light of economic globalization, the author examines how well prepared actuaries are in the four key areas of teamwork, education, values and cultural empathy.

Description: Recap of the International Section activities at the SOA annual meeting.

Description: Overview of a recent visit to silicon valley and how the learnings from this trip can be applied in an insurance setting.