Description: Author asserts that actuaries are arguably better at analyzing and interpreting risk than any other professional. The exhaustive exams teach us how to manage risk, not eliminate it. If the profession is to continue to flourish, it will be vital to take this idea and apply it to one’s career too.

Description: Update of the activities being carried out by the Joint Risk Management Section

Description: The author summarizes the content of a seminar entitled “Integrated Approaches to Risk Management in the Financial Services Industry,” including a description of the papers presented.

Description: This article explores implications for the future of improving the application of existing underwriting techniques and and taking maximum advantage of new technologies.

Description: An exploration of Canada’s federal regulator of financial institutions (OSFI) and its more formal assessment of the actuarial function of insurers.

Description: This is the second article in a two-part series examining the potential value to companies of implementing a company profitability and risk dashboard.

Description: Update of the activities being carried out by the Joint Risk Management Section

Description: The author describes the 29th. edition of the International Summer School, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, organized by the Swiss Association of Actuaries.

Description: The article explores the possibility of using the emerging technology for life insurers to build a monitor system for better risk and profitability management.

Description: The letter from the editor discusses some recent loss events driven by model error and provides an overview of the articles in this issue of Risk Management.