Description: Article from The Actuary, April 1989, Volume 23, No. 4, is Allan D. Affleck's viewpoint on the recommendations made by the Task Force on Strengthening the Profession.

Description: This article provides details of the SOA’s international outreach strategy to better support its members and candidates who live and work in Asia and other regions outside of its traditional markets.

Description: This listing documents the members of the Board of Governors of the Society of Actuaries as of October, 1986, along with the expiration date of each member’s term. From the 1986 Transactions Vol. 38.

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: The actuarial profession continues to grow in Asia with help from the Society of Actuaries. In September 1998, the SOA board voted to focus the SOA’s efforts in Asia by renaming the Asia Committee the China Region Committee [CRC] and forming the Southeast Asia Committee [SEAC]. This article describes president-elect, Howard J. Bolnick's Sept. 23-28, 1998 visit to Beijing, Tianjin, Hong Kong, and Kuala Lumpur, where he and a delegation met with members of these committees to identify their needs and discuss strategies to accomplish their mandates. A secondary purpose was to learn more about China to help the SOA more effectively participate in International Actuarial Association [IAA] activities.

Description: Earlier this year the CAS Constitution was amended to reflect a revised statement of purpose. It reads: The purpose of the Casualty Actuarial Society is to advance the body of knowledge of actuarial science in applications other than life insurance, to establish and maintain standards of qualifications for membership, to promote and maintain high standards of conduct and competence for the members, and to increase the awareness of actuarial science.

Description: A Centennial Celebration of the founding of North America's first actuarial organization was held in 1989 in Washington, D.C. This article summarizes the presentations made by the Presidents of the five sponsoring organizations regarding the strengthening of the Actuarial profession. The five sponsoring organizations were the Society of Actuaries, the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice, the American Academy of Actuaries, the Casualty Actuarial Society and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

Description: Highlights of the Actuary of the Future Section and the Product Development Section

Description: Intoduction to an issue of The Actuary focusing on the Manhart case, in which a controversial brief was presented to the Supreme Court by the SOA and AAA.

Description: Since 1966, the Society of Actuaries has been an affiliate of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences. This article gives an overview of what the Conference Board is, what it does.