Description: The articles in this issue cover the alternate careers of risk management and personal actuary as well as on communication skills for actuaries.

Description: The Chairperson reviews the section council's focus on initiatives in two strategic areas—the career pioneer program and better meeting the needs of our section members.

Description: This article looks at the skills necessary for gaining nontraditional opportunities.

Description: This article is about small business changes and challenges before and after COVID.

Description: This article is an interview with Laura Bennett, FSA, CEO of Embrace Pet Insurance. Her company provides one–of–a–kind pet insurance. The Actuary recently asked Bennett some questions about her unusual use of actuarial training.

Description: The goal of the session was to provide actuaries with an overview of the experiences of being an independent actuary and several details to be considered when setting up your own business.

Description: This article presents an interview with Prakash Shimpi about his career and the practice of Enterprise Risk Management [ERM]. Shimpi, FSA, CFA, joined the Tillinghast business of Towers Perrin in November 2004 as practice leader with global responsibility for ERM.