Description: Provides the results of two surveys that found actuaries to be in agreement with CEOs of life insurance companies on the top 2 key strategic issues facing the industry: distribution channel productivity and increased competition.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 32, Number 1 - January 1998

Description: This article is about the Course 8 series. Course 8 provides candidates with essential advanced specialized education in one of seven practice areas: individual insurance, group life and health, managed care, U.S. pensions, Canadian pensions, finance, and investments.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 31, Number 8 - October 1997

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 31, Number 7 - September 1997

Description: This article discusses value at risk, VaR, and VaR modeling of the bank's portfolios that would recognize diversity and hedging. This article also covers the differences between classical VaR and the longer horizons required by the insurance industry and the feasibility of extending VaR to the insurance industry.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 31, Number 6 - June 1997

Description: Task Force focuses on increasing SOA members' awareness of Dynamic Financial Condition Analysis and the information in the handbook. There has been actions in Canada and the U.S.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Supplement Newsletter - June 1997

Description: Discussion of Forecast 2000, the actuarial profession's public relations program.

Description: From The Actuary, May 1997, Volume 31, Issue No. 5. This article reflects on NAAJ's July issue. The topic and it's importance of modeling is drawing new attention in both science and business.

Description: From The Actuary, May 1997, Volume 31 Issue No. 5. This article is about the two guest speakers that will be speaking at the SOA's Spring Meeting in Montreal. The two speakers are Michael Mackenzie, and Rod McQueen.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 31, Number 5 - May 1997

Description: This article explores a study by the Actuarial Profile Research Project about personality differences between U.S. and Canadian actuaries.

Description: Full version of The Actuary, February 1997, Vol. 31, No. 2.

Description: Discussion of the skills actuaries need going forward to be successful, and hence, incorporated into the new actuarial exam syllabus.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 31, Number 1 - January 1997

Description: This article from SOA president David Holland, speaks to the need of the actuarial profession to consistently evolve with the needs of the 21st century.

Description: Presidential address at the 1996 annual meeting. The president encourages actuaries to broaden their scope and skills, develop the attributes he discusses and make a plan to redesign yourself.

Description: Full version of The Actuary, December 1996, Vol. 30, No. 10.

Description: This article lists the winners of 16 research grants from the SOA, with recipients representing a wide range of expertise and geographic locations.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 30, Number 8 - October 1996

Description: This article highlights the role of the regulatory actuary and gives advice to company actuaries when making state filings.

Description: This article reports on the activities of an ad-hoc group formed to help generate research on creating models for actuarial purposes.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Supplement - June 1996

Description: This article reports on a meeting of the Finance Practice Area and the issues on which they are focusing.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 30, Number 6 - June 1996

Description: This article offers several broad definitions of an actuary that could apply in both traditional and non-traditional roles.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 30, Number 5 - May 1996

Description: This article discusses the importance of continuing education.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 30, Number 4 - April 1996

Description: This article discusses how dynamic financial analysis, also known as dynamic solvency testing, as new field of practice that can use actuarial expertise.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 30, Number 3 - March 1996

Description: This article highlights a new career for actuaries, actuarial counseling. Actuarial professionals who are trained, skilled, and experienced can act independently to help individuals meet their financial challenges.

Description: Full version of The Actuary, December 1995, Volume 29, No.10.

Description: Highlights awards and honors dispensed to SOA members.

Description: This article highlights the topic of ethics and professionalism, the theme adopted by President Bob Berin for the past year. From The Actuary December 1995 Volume 29, No. 10.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 29, Number 9 - November 1995

Description: This article gives a summary of five research papers that were approved for publications into the Transactions magazine.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 29, Number 7 - September 1995

Description: Discusses the evolving role of technology within the actuarial profession and the current use of electronic bulletin boards on the internet.

Description: The U.S. actuarial profession is debating whether to introduce Dynamic Solvency Testing DST in the United States and what role it should take in the regulatory process. This article offers some insight into how the DST has fared in Canada, what issues have emerged since it was introduced, and how the DST will evolve differently in the United States.

Description: The Society of Actuaries, the SOA Pension Section, the Conference of Consulting Actuaries and the American Society of Pension Actuaries are contributing funds in support of efforts to get the actuarial profession more involved in modeling that addresses national retirement income policy and health care reform. The first project will be a feasibility study to analyze each major existing database/model and investigate whether it would be practical to access it or to extend it into a new macrodemographic model.

Description: The actuarial profession has been questioning the continued applicability of its historical paradigm and principles over the past decade. The author feels actuaries should stick with their historical strengths.

Description: This issue of The Actuary covers investigations the Society is making or sponsoring to advance the knowledge of actuarial science.

Description: This content is a list of research activity highlights at the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Failures of several major insurance companies during the past decade have helped focus public and regulatory attention on the financial strength of the insurance industry. These failures have highlighted the need for new techniques to evaluate the risk assumed by management due to business decisions. “Dynamic Financial Condition Analysis” (“Dynamic Solvency Testing” in Canada) is one new tool for analyzing these risks.

Description: This article announces the release of a handbook written by the DFCA Task Force for assisting actuaries who are doing Dynamic Financial Condition Analysis.

Description: Summary of the SOA's Annuity Valuation with Dependent Mortality research report which examines the standard industry practice of assuming independent lives for insurance products that cover multiple lives.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 29, Number 5 - May 1995

Description: Discusses how to understand your management style using the Myers Briggs method and how to use this information.

Description: This article covers the experiences of the actuaries who participated in the Life Skills Inventory teaching session at the SOA annual meeting. From The Actuary, April 1995, Volume 29, No. 4.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 29, Number 4 - April 1995

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 29, Number 3 - March 1995

Description: Surveys show that young people do not have confidence that Social Security will exist when they retire - a view that is supported by some official projections. Author points out some ways the funding shortfalls can be corrected to secure Social Security's future.

Description: A new mortality valuation standard, the 1994 Group Annuity Reserve Table, is being proposed for new group pension business. This article discusses the industry concerns with the change from a static table to a generational table based upon mortality improvement factors.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 29, Number 2 - February 1995

Description: Article from The Actuary February 1995 Volume 29, No. 2 highlights Research activity

Description: Discusses the Finance Track in the SOA's Education and Examination system.

Description: Article from The Actuary February 1995 Volume 29, No. 2 highlights Transactions authors

Description: This article provides a review of the 1993-1994 Year. 'This program year is marked by the profession using the firm foundation of actuarial science and the solid organization of the Society of Actuaries to reach out to new allies and technologies to capture its future. From The Actuary, December 1994 – Volume 28, No. 10.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 28, Number 10 - December 1994

Description: Article from The Actuary, October 1994 – Volume 28, No. 8 provides an update from the Research department of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 28, Number 8 - October 1994

Description: Article from The Actuary, October 1994 – Volume 28, No. 8 announces the selection of Sam Gutterman new president-elect.

Description: Article that recaps a SPDA case study in the use of derivatives for ALM that was presented at the Orlando April spring meeting in Session 40, Are We Prepared for Interest Rates to Rise Again.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 28, Number 6 - June 1994

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1994 – Volume 28, No. 6 in which the author provides an update from the Research department of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Article from The Actuary, March 1994 – Volume 28, No. 3 that provides an update from the SOA's research department.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 28, Number 3 - March 1994

Description: Summary of Part II of the survey of Appointed Actuaries, sponsored by the American Academy of Actuaries Committee on Life Insurance Financia1 Reporting and the Society of Actuaries Financial Reporting Section, which asked appointed actuary various questions on methodology and assumptions employed for asset adequacy testing.

Description: This article is an update from the E&E committee on the improved E&E Systems. 'The Flexible Education System has given us the freedom to expand the course offerings and to innovate.'

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 28, Number 2 - February 1994

Description: Article from The Actuary December 1993 – Volume 27, No. 10 is about the Ask An Actuary campaign

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 27, Number 10 - December 1993