Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1986 – Volume No. 20, Issue No. 6 talks about the Exposure Draft of Valuation Principles for Life Insurance Companies.

Description: Josh summarizes key findings distilled from last year’s Pension Section Survey, and reports on a fifteen-item action plan that was ratified by the Pension Section Council in February for near-term implementation.

Description: Information on the Actuaries without Frontiers organization.

Description: Provides an overview of India's insurance market and the important role of the actuary.

Description: This article discusses the actuarial staff of the U.S. General Accounting Office GAO, providing a bit of history, the structure of the GAO, and explaining that GAO actuaries act as consultants to all the operating divisions of the GAO on matters involving pensions, insurance, and related issues. The author also revisits an earlier proposal for a Government Actuary, a higher level position responsible for all actuarial work of the Executive branch, as well as the GAO, and asks whether the actuarial profession should again support such a proposal.

Description: August Zilmer 1831-1893, a Prussian actuary best known for the development of preliminary term valuation, also made some observations on life insurance accounting that seem quite contemporary. Zillmer also wrote the first comprehensive German actuarial mathematics text in almost a century.

Description: An overview of how the actuary's role will evolve as technology improves.

Description: A review of the development and responsibilities of the "appointed actuary" for Canadian insurance companies and other designated roles in Canada.

Description: The author announces that the Society of Actuaries is launching a new professional credential, Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst, ‘CERA,” which will take 3-5 years to complete. The article notes a new CERA will qualify as an Associate of the Society.

Description: A Mexican actuary discusses his career, the challenges of different insurance markets in different cultures, the value of sharing knowledge across countries and across professions, and the latest public policy regarding solvency models.