Description: This paper suggests the reasons why an actuary should play a role in the over-all investment policy of a 'new' company, defined as less than 5 years old, and what some of those duties should be. The paper gives an overview of the types of investments available to an insurance company and the considerations for each relative to a new company.

Description: This is the presidential address of former SOA president, E. Paul Barnhart concerning the actuarial profession and the society of actuaries. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1979, Vol. 31.

Description: This paper examines the Australian actuarial qualification process from the perspective of what makes a good education system, and notes that there are a number of constraints imposed by the profession that impair the quality of students’ learning outcomes. The paper goes on to suggest how these pitfalls might be avoided in the interests of providing future actuaries with an opportunity to develop the attributes they will need for their professional careers. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, 2006.

Description: This is a collection of reports on various topics including the 18th International Congress of Actuaries, The Committee on Continuing Education, Developments in Automobile Insurance, and the American Academy of Actuaries. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20 Pt. 2, No. 58

Description: This section contains reviews for the following books, Introduction to the Mathematics of Demography by Robert Brown, A Tale of Two Captains by John Baynes and Hugh Maclean, Abolitionist, Actuary, Atheist: Elizur Wright and the Reform Impulse by Lawrence Goodheart, The Federal Data Base Finder by Matthew Lesko and the Guardian Life Insurance Company, 1860-1920, A History of a German-American Enterprise by Anita Rapone. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1991, Vol. 43.

Description: The panel reviews if the actuarial department of a small company should be responsible for the procedurized calculations not involving life contingencies as policy loans and what methods have proved effective in obtaining actuarial students. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.

Description: Research report that explores key factors associated with an insurer’s reputational risk and conditions that would generate incentives for insurers to behave in a way that causes loss of their positive reputation.

Description: This is a report of a survey of financial services executives about their understanding and awareness of the actuarial profession, their risk management agenda, and their perception of actuarial skill sets.

Description: The Actuarial Foundation’s Research Committee, the Actuarial Foundation of Canada, the Casualty Actuarial Society, and the Society of Actuaries’ Committee on Knowledge Extension Research announce the 2012 Individual Grants Competition to support the advancement of knowledge in actuarial science. This announcement describes criteria for entering the 2012 Individual Grant Competition.

Description: This section provides a biography for each of the following authors David N. Becker, Patrick L. Brockett, Shane A. Chalke, Samuel H. Cox, Jr., Theresa R. DiVenti, Thomas N. Herzog, Kenneth G. Manton, S. David Promislow, Colin M. Ramsay, Robert R. Reitano, and H. Dennis Tolley. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1991, Vol. 43.