Description: In this article, the Society of Actuaries Executive Director discusses what the SOA is doing to build stronger ties with members and candidates. The efforts include the use of social media, the posting of articles, news, updates and videos more regularly on the SOA blog, the introduction of the first SOA mobile app, and access to the SOA's Online Membership Directory is now available via smartphone. Following the article is a list news articles involving the actuarial profession, a list of professional development opportunities, recommended readings and a list of actuarial e-courses.

Description: Letter from the SOA president describing his year in term.

Description: The author suggests that true actuarial method is a blend of all three modes of thinking, clinical, statistical and heuristic, and using all three early in our processes will make us smarter modelers. From The Actuary, February 2012, Volume 9, Issue 1.

Description: This is a collection of letters to the editor ranging from exam issues to probabilities to Medicare to stock prices and more.

Description: This article is about the Society is becoming significantly more active on the international scene. Specifically, the activities of ambassadorial visits to Asia and Australia were described.

Description: I read with interest the article by Sheri Lynn Levine in the November 1988 issue of The Fibonacci Quarterly on ‘Suppose More Rabbits Are Born.’ Levine,like Fibonacci, assumes that rabbits never die and made additional assumptions regarding rates of reproduction.

Description: When I first became a member of the Society of Actuaries. I used to enjoy hearing, or reading the Secretary’s summary of the “nonroutine” business transacted by the Board. In those days I wondered how one determined what was “routine” and what was “nonroutine.” Somehow even the “nonroutine” often seemed pretty “routine!” with the benefit of a few years in the profession.

Description: Article from The Actuary, November 1985 – Volume No. 19, Issue No. 9 that discusses the need for actuaries and underwriters to understand each other.

Description: Article from The Actuary, November 1985 – Volume No. 19, Issue No. 9 that takes an inside look at the actuarial profession.

Description: The author expresses an opinion opposing specialization within FSA examinations explaining that such activity should occur after achieving FSA.