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  • The Actuary October/November 2015
    same time. LIVE LONG AND PROSPER With lower mortality rates, Mr. Spock’s greeting of “live long and ... ov e r r e s e a r c h 1 - 8 0 0 - A N D O V E Rt w i t t e r . c o m / a n d ov e r r e s e a r c h ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Oct 2015
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Leadership>Mentoring; Professional Values; Relationship Management; Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Code of Conduct; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Qualifications; Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers; Public Policy
  • Using Sound Actuarial Principles to Better Manage Retirement Finances
    a discount rate, a rate of future inflation, mortality (or expected period of retirement) and other ... life annuity of $25,000 per year, and Example Retiree #2 has a fixed dollar, deferred annuity of $25 ...

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    • Authors: Kenneth Steiner
    • Date: May 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Finance & Investments>Asset liability management; Pensions & Retirement>Retirement risks
  • Pioneers: Focus on Carol Proffer
    Carol Proffer The article describes Carol Proffer's career as an actuary beginning in an insurance company ... analyst team at Business Men's Assurance Company in Kansas City, Missouri and she's been moving up the corporate ...

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    • Authors: Jacque Kirkwood
    • Date: Dec 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • An Outsiders View of Actuarial Exams
    for the actuarial exams. (This was before the year 2000 conversion when the exams were more numerous but ... difficult, and I passed five of them. After the year 2000 conversions, the exams became fewer in number but ...

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    • Authors: Andrew John Salthouse
    • Date: Oct 2005
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers
  • The Life and Times of the International Actuary
    the respon- dents are largely from U.S. insurance companies and U.S. consultancies, reinsurers, foreign ... Spafford Country of Foreign Consultants Job Location U.S. Comp. Comp. Acc’ting Actuarial Reins. Regulator ...

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    • Authors: Dan Spafford
    • Date: Aug 2002
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: International News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Global Perspectives>Expatriate experience; Global Perspectives>Multinational companies
  • Retirement To Chaos
    "INDIVIDUAL LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES IN THE 1980'S" The above will be the theme of the So- ciety's ... the general direction of individual life and annuity business; (2) paint a picture of what our busi- ...

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    • Authors: J Henry Smith
    • Date: Mar 1979
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Professional Values>Public interest representation
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Pensions & Retirement; Pensions & Retirement>Public sector plans
  • Repeating Entrepreneurial Success
    which they are personally responsible, whether it’s a product or service. Entrepreneurs, at first, will ... recommend and say good things about someone, that’s a good sign they are worth your time. Dumb luck. You ...
    • Date: Feb 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers
  • An Actuarial Vision for Homeland Security and 'Societal Risk Management'
    witnessing a sea of change in society's approach to managing risk. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security ... should be the first metric considered. Our society's paramount value is protecting the lives of its citizens ...

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    • Authors: Sim Segal
    • Date: Feb 2006
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers
  • The Next Horizon of Value-based Care: An Opportunity for Actuaries to Become Pioneers in Health Care
    value-based care (as opposed to primary-care based) in the U.S. has consistently been a top-of-mind topic for all ... moving from “hire an actuary when we need one” to “let’s start the company with an actuary from day one”—as ...

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    • Authors: Yuxiao Zhao
    • Date: Aug 2023
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health care
  • Thinking A Lot About Risk Lately, Too
    2012 | Risk management R I S K C U LT U R E A N D D I S C L O S U R E S SOA PRESIDENT BRAD SMITH made ... DECEMBER 2012 | 19 R I S K C U LT U R E A N D D I S C L O S U R E S Also, while it is tempting ...

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    • Authors: James Ramenda
    • Date: Feb 2013
    • Competency: Leadership>Professional network leverage; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Risk Management
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers