Description: This panel discussion was devoted principally to the following two papers commissioned for the Society of Actuaries 25th anniversary meeting: 1.'The Future of the Actuarial Profession as Viewed in A.D. 1974' by John M. Bragg, and 2. 'Consulting Actuaries in Canada and the United States' by Samuel Eckler and Wendell A. Milliman. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1974, Vol. 26, Pt. 2D, No. 76.

Description: Cassie He and Kabeer Jhaveri invite Michael Frank, a health, accident and life actuary with 24 years of experience, to talk about his career experience, his insightful views on the room to growth for actuaries and also the changes happening to the profession.

Description: This article summarizes the treatment of changes in the basis for determining life insurance tax reserves under prior law and describes the changes enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It further explains the procedures for changing the basis of computing reserves under the new rules as outlined in Revenue Procedure 2019-10, the IRS’s December 2018 guidance on the subject, and discusses the uncertainties that remain.

Description: This article addresses dealing with distractions, avoiding habits like multi-tasking, and providing guidance on how to reach a state of "flow" to concentrate on deep work.

Description: Discusses how volunteering helps with development of important soft skills such as communication, networking, teamwork and leadership.

Description: Achieve Your Career Potential! by John West Hadley from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, October 2004, Issue No. 16.

Description: The SOA Competency Framework for Actuaries is a powerful tool to enable you to Design Your Future by prioritizing your continuing education goals over time.

Description: Here are the The Actuary of the Future Section’s past year’s highlights, as well as a sneak preview of our future plans.

Description: Panelists discuss: the role of the actuary in providing expert-witness testimony in the courts, practices in Canada and the U.S., bases used to calculate actuarial values, and professional standards and guidelines. Also, an experienced U.S. attorney gives his impression of the role of the actuary in court. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: Discusses time-until-death random variables, present-value random variables, and prospective-loss random variables that are used in the new book 'Actuarial Mathematics.' From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4B.