Description: an article to offer readers the background of the early career award and its benefits to the actuarial profession and academic community

Description: Milliman has embarked on a multiyear aspirational effort with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Insurance and Risk Financing Facility (IRFF) to build actuarial capacity and, as a result, support economic development in the developing world. The Global Actuarial Initiative (GAIN) was launched and announced at the 77th United Nations General Assembly on September 18, 2022 and aims to enhance and strengthen the actuarial profession in multiple target countries. GAIN efforts are focused on the goal of sustainable economic development by advancing effective risk management in developing nations. The interventions we embark on through GAIN will vary by country, reflecting its current actuarial needs, what we see as opportunities for improvement, and more importantly what the local stakeholders see as the most useful activities.

Description: Article discussing two sessions on the topic of predictive modeling (PM) at SOA meetings.

Description: A Retrospective of the 2019 Actuarial Research Conference.

Description: Feature article describing the content and results of an introductory seminar on actuarial science presented at the University of Cincinnati.

Description: This article talks about the first Centers of Actuarial Excellence Conference in June with 32 representatives from the 21 CAE schools.

Description: Article recapping The 38th ASTIN colloquium took place in Manchester, U.K. on July 13–16.

Description: The Education and Research Section has organized three sessions for the 2006 SOA Annual Meeting to be held October 15th – 18th in Chicago at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers. These sessions include the traditional E&R hosted continental breakfast, as well as, panel discussions on Financial Economics and techniques for selecting representative scenarios.

Description: This article studies the syllabus as a dynamic, interactive teaching tool that informs and is informed by both solutions of complex course problems and student difficulties with these problems.

Description: This month, Expanding Horizons had the opportunity to interview Tim Boonen, the winner of the Society of Actuaries’ (SOA’s) second Actuarial Science Early Career Award.