Description: The professor gave a presentation regarding the tour of the forces of innovation that are disrupting so many traditional business models/industries. Why does he think that the Insurance/Banking markets are still following what are essentially traditional models

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

Description: Wright State University is a public research university in Dayton, Ohio, with approximately 11,000 students. With the lowest tuition fees in Ohio, the university has an access mission and plays a critical role in the region by offering high-quality, affordable education. I joined Wright State University in fall 2019 as the director of the Actuarial Science program. In spring 2020 we attained the Universities and Colleges with Actuarial Programs (UCAP)-AC designation from the Society of Actuaries (SOA), becoming one of only three universities in southwest Ohio at this recognition tier. In this article, I would like to tell you about the journey our program has taken—its successes and its challenges. The goal is to offer a resource to other universities seeking to upgrade their Actuarial Science programs.

Description: A dinner speech at the Actuarial Research Conference at Drake University, Des Moines IA summer 2023. A ramble through 50 years of experience with actuarial research.

Description: Carl C. Cowen, Jr., head of Purdue University’s actuarial program, received the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award. This award honors extraordinarily successful and widely recognized educators whose teaching effectiveness has had influence beyond their own institutions.

Description: The Society of Actuaries now has more than 600 members in Asia. This article describes how the SOA is increasing its outreach to members in Asia by establishing the Asia Committee, and by approving a three-year extension of the SOA’s support for the actuarial program at Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

Description: Article from The Actuary, October 1989, Volume 23, No 9 describes the Nankai Actuarial Program that was suspended by pro democracy demonstrations in May of 1989 in China Tiananmen Square.

Description: This article presents a view of health care as an economic system, suggests a framework for classifying current criticisms of the system, and offers references for further reading.