Description: SOA executive director’s column, research on Asia insurance opportunities, e-courses, recent research and experience studies, and professional development opportunities.

Description: This article is an account of an actuary traveling to the International Congress of Actuaries in Tokyo and the experience and knowledge gained.

Description: E-courses available from the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Background and overview of “Land This Plane,” a Delphi study undertaken by the Long Term Care Insurance Section and Forecasting & Futurism Section.

Description: Article Description * An update on developments and activities of the Smaller Insurance Company Section, including webinars, research, and an international strategy.

Description: Chris Smith, vice chair of the Actuary of the Future section, had the privilege of attending the SOA Health meeting in Seattle for the first time this year. Read about his experience and thoughts on why you should plan to attend an SOA-sponsored conference for your career growth.

Description: In this paper we will describe how richer actuarial programs can be provided if a number of schools with smaller programs combine resources by forming a regional cooperative or consortium. We have already formed our own consortium, the Southwest Actuarial Education and Research Consortium SWAERC. The strategies proposed here have already been used in SWAERC, and we will illustrate each of them by describing our own experience with it.

Description: A summary of a seminar organized by the Vietnam Actuarial Community

Description: Interview with Ben Marshall, Best Overall Story winner of the 10th Speculative Fiction Contest.

Description: In 2013, several sections explored providing new sources of content to their members.