Description: This article notes the results of a survey of U.K. actuaries asking which actuaries rated as famous and asks for nominations for such notoriety in the U.S.

Description: Discussion of the career of a health insurance actuary who worked in an insurance company, consulting firm and government

Description: This article is part of a series that periodically highlights personal careers and offers new perspectives on actuarial job paths. It features John M. Boermeester, who retired in 1975 after 44 years with John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance. Boermeester was one of an elite group of actuaries who were asked to step out of their daily roles and into a special research assignment in World War II. They were members of the U.S. Navy’s Operations Research Group [ORG], a civilian unit formed to analyze military operations to determine what methods and procedures would have the maximum impact with minimum loss.

Description: For more than two years, 'The Actuary' has received more articles and letters on Social Security than on any other single topic. Given actuaries’ interest in analyzing financial situations and the extensive public debate on Social Security worldwide, the subject’s prominence among actuaries is easily understood. To offer more SOA members a forum for their views, editors of the September 1998 issue included a survey asking members’ opinions on five statements related to possible U.S. Social Security reform. The survey drew 1,067 responses, representing 6.6% of the membership, by the Oct. 31, 1998, deadline. This article summarizes the results of that survey.

Description: This article is about Stanley B. Tulin's actuarial career and lessons he has learned regarding what leads to a successful actuarial career.

Description: On the lighter side, actuary Bill Feldman nostalgically recalls playing baritone saxophone for Tony Bennett in two 1969 concerts. From: The Actuary, September 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 7.

Description: This article gives an overview of how countries all over the world are addressing the issue social security financing and its rapidly growing costs.

Description: This article discusses the new Kassebaum-Kennedy bill a.k.a. HIPPA and looks at future of individual health insurance plans, which will be determined at the state level.

Description: This article highlights how an actuary, progressed into the executive management role of CIO, and how she utilizes her actuarial skill set in her new position.