Description: Article highlighting the activities of the SOA for its members.

Description: Commentary on the Actuarial Profile Survey by the Committee on Planning.

Description: The author gives a history of the role of the actuary in England from the mid-19th century to current times and offers thoughts on the future of the actuarial profession.

Description: Many actuaries are aware of newspaper reports that the City of Sacramento has been involved in a controversy about its retirement system because of an apparent conflict in the recommendations of two actuarial firms. This article outlines the status and the actions being taken by the SOA and the AAA.

Description: This article discusses in detail how the Year in Review evolved and its significance to the SOA membership. Article from The Actuary, Volume 24, Issue 11

Description: The author reflects on his own personal experiences that led him to be an actuary and that support his feelings about life insurance.

Description: This article announces the meeting of the International Congress of Mathematicians to be held in Kyoto, Japan, August 21-29, 1990 under the auspices of the International Mathematical Union.

Description: The author talks about how his company coped with the great flood of 1993 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Description: An Editorial which the author talks about the world of actuaries and how important it is to broaden our perspectives.

Description: The Society of Actuaries recently distributed a White Paper on Future Education Methods, FEM. A White Paper on a Flexible Education System, FES, was distributed last year. The article's author urges all members to read both white papers and to complete and return the questionnaire at the end of the FEM White Paper in order to make their views known to the Committee on Planning.