Description: The re-cap of the last year by the chair of the Actuary of the Future section, Andrew Dalton. During the year, the section council has established and tackled some aggressive, forward-looking goals. These goals were shared in our spring newsletter. The rest of the article is an update the progress as a section and as a profession.

Description: This is a commentary on strategies for overcoming the fear associated with placing a sales call.

Description: The article describes Carol Proffer's career as an actuary beginning in an insurance company to her role in investment consulting where she helps general partners raise private equity, venture capital and real estate funds.

Description: The author notes a concern for broad risk management in our society, which he names Societal Risk Management, as witnessed by the creation of the department of homeland security and suggests how actuarial expertise can help.

Description: The April/May 2013 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: The February/March 2014 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: This article discusses the new profession of financial engineering and the fit of actuaries in this profession.

Description: This article profiles Rajiv Nundy's career. From Health Watch Newsletter, January 2008, Issue 57.

Description: A look at the career and accomplishments of Julia Philips, the only health actuary employed at the Minnesota Department of Commerce. She believes her learn-by-doing attitude has allowed her to build a career she enjoys, which includes her to work to promote consumer protection, volunteer with many organizations, and implement health reform.

Description: In this article about professional development, the new competency network is descibed and and emerging job opportunities in health care analytics are discussed.