Description: Topic 2 of Project Management: Sticky Situations discusses the potential dangers associated with requested changes after the project scope has been finalized.

Description: Article Ninety Years Ago by Moorhead in The Actuary, March 1979, Volume 13, Number 3

Description: A discussion of the new management structure for the SOA International organization

Description: Editorial discussing the transition of the newsletter's editors.

Description: Reviews anecdotal evidence that the current shift to passive investing is an indication that investors are irrationally ignoring market risk.

Description: Many top-performing businesses aren’t just risk aware, but rather risk intelligent. Such a posture helps prepare companies for a major event and can demonstrate to a regulator or auditor that an appropriately strong control framework is in place. Better still, companies gain real strategic value from a “risk adjusted” understanding not only of their threats and vulnerabilities, but also the upside opportunities associated with various risks. It starts with having both qualitative and quantitative information to identify, assess and manage risks. Strategic risk management, at its core, is about creating value by increasing transparency and accountability, and quality of information. More than a mere compliance exercise, effective risk management enables more informed strategic decision making, increased accountability and transparency, a greater likelihood of organizational success, and – ultimately – competitive advantage, as borne out by many studies that correlate risk management and financial results.

Description: A discussion of Actuarial Aspects of Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley

Description: This article discusses the actuarial image campaign and the approaches the initiative will be taking will is expected to provide greater opportunities for actuaries.

Description: Editorial discussing the Section response to the recent financial crisis.