Description: A review of a book by a former Commissioner of Social Security, in which he shares his thoughts on what Social Security is, the new law, the financing, the benefits, the types of employment covered, the benefit amounts, the retirement test, and several subsidiary topics.

Description: A report on the SOA Board's Executive Committee's discussions and and resolutions in response to the Manhart case.

Description: A preview of the articles in the May 2009 issue of Long Term Care News, with a theme of focusing on the pure fundamentals of actuarial work.

Description: This was a review of a June 4, 2013 SOA webinar. Jerry Enoch was the moderator. Presenters were Mark Birdsall, Mike Boerner, and Perry Kupferman, regulatory actuaries with Kansas, Texas, and California. The intent was to improve communications between small company actuaries and regulators by clarifying expectations and addressing some issues. ORSA and AG38 were mentioned but the focus was on current Appointed Actuary filings and future PBR requirements.

Description: On October 30, 2015, the SOA Assumption Development and Governance Group, an informal discussion group consisting of nearly 200 interested actuaries with topics pertaining to actuarial assumption development and governance, organized an industry discussion call on end-to-end assumption documentation practices. The purpose of this call was to generate a large list of ideas for best-practice assumption documentation. More than thirty companies were represented in the call, including direct insurers, reinsurers and consulting firms. This article is the work product of the discussion written by Laurie Li and Alex Zaidlin.

Description: Tips for effective communication globally.

Description: The SOA president discusses how communication skills are of paramount importance to actuaries’ success.

Description: Chairperson’s column discussing a few of the important initiatives of the Financial Reporting Section.

Description: This article shares tips for those starting out in the actuarial profession. The source is my experience and that of Ian Duncan FSA FIA FCIA MAAA and other actuaries.

Description: This article is about how entrepreneur independent business owners can solve their day-to-day frustrations and problems with a simple and useful process for setting goals and building a plan to meet those goals.