Description: The objective of this article is to provide an overview of the research mission of the SOA, its inner workings, major efforts, funding and its unique qualities.

Description: This article looks at an extensive integrated collection of financial mathematical modeling packages available in R, a language and environment for statistical computing.

Description: This is a speech from Bill Bluhm entitled "The U.S. Actuarial Profession at a Crossroads." From The Actuary Magazine August 2007

Description: The article discusses how strategic planning and strategic risk management are intertwined.

Description: This is an article about the ups and downs of call centers as they relate to marketing. From News Direct, June 2007, Issue No. 56.

Description: This is an article about The 5th Annual Forum's Institutional sponsored by the Society of Actuaries, LIMRA, Target Marketing magazine, Best's Review, and "Insurance Newscast." From News Direct, June 2007, Issue No. 56.

Description: Article from Pension Section News, May 2007, No. 64, that discusses the results of a quick readership survey where the readers of PSN requested an electronic version of the newsletter. The article announces that future issues of PSN will be 100% electronic.

Description: Article from Pension Section News, May 2007, No. 64, discusses outcome-oriented approach to defined benefit investing. Instead of focusing on market indices, the focus is on achieving a specific real-world outcome for the defined benefit plan.

Description: Article from Pension Section News, May 2007, No. 64, discusses the trends in Europe on retirement plan designs and investments. European pension funds face challenges similar to those facing North American plans, so developments in Europe may help U.S. and Canadian plan sponsors find their way to a reasonable resolution of their current problems.

Description: The article gives background on the Brazilian insurance market and summarizes the newly released regulations which deal with revised reserving guidelines and new capital requirements. Additional capital requirements are promulgated for credit, market, legal, underwriting and operational risks.

Description: The articles discusses how Principles-based approaches PBA to setting reserves and capital can be combined with Enterprise Risk Management to create a competitive advantage for an insurance company. Those companies can leverage these models by combining unique risks and strategies to measure and manage risk.

Description: This author makes a few suggestions for how the ASB can improve the way it defines and sets standards of practice in light of the challenges actuaries face today. The author believes that ASOP's hould be promulgated by the ASB ony after a thorough process that goes beyond codifying existing practices.

Description: Chairperson's Corner from the January 2007 issue of NewsDirect.

Description: Irish actuary and professor explains his hypothesis that actuaries, as practitioners, are reluctant to adopt the theories of financial economists unless the models on which the theories are based fit the actual data the actuaries have.

Description: Looks at the non-traditional role of actuary Kim Johnson as a vice president of investor relations.

Description: Chronicles the journey made by Allstate to enhance its process for managing risk and ultimately find ways to better exploit risk opportunities.

Description: The Society's vision is for actuaries to be recognized as the leading professionals in the modeling and management of financial risk and contingent events. To that end, this column will regularly update members on the latest initiatives underway aimed at helping us realize this vision.

Description: Robert Morris University's Department of Mathematics invites applications for a permanent/full–time position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor of Mathematics (and/or) Actuarial Science beginning fall 2007.

Description: This article describes the EXCEL Model, a teaching and coaching tool developed by The Flippen group, College Station, Texas and adopted by many organizations. It focuses the leader on the needs of the team. The five components of the model are: Engage, X-plore, Communciate, Empower and Launch.

Description: This article describes how insurers can expand the reach of their efforts with regard to Economic Capital EC into the broader enterprise risk management process. Some experts contend that can be done by shifting the focus towards value. EC has the potential to shed new light on valuable opportunities for insurers.

Description: The Marketing and Distribution Section just celebrated its one-year re-birthday-a very exciting milestone, to be sure. I term it a "re-birth" as we are not really "new" but we did expand upon our Non-Traditional Marketing base into our current form. Nonetheless, we are exhibiting some traits of a true one-year old (no drooling or diapers, thankfully). From News Direct, September 2006, Number 54.

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Description: This is an interview with Shane Chalke, FSA, MAAA, who has started three businesses since 1983. Chalke, the youngest person ever to be elected to the SOA Board of Governors, has a knack for making the right business decisions. He tells how his actuarial background has played a role in his success, and what makes him a winner.

Description: An interview with Jim Toole, lead researcher for SOA's pandemic research project. The project examines pandemic influenza and its implications to the life and health insurance industry.

Description: This is an editorial about direct marketing, credit insurance and non-traditional product management. From News Direct, May 2006, Number 53.

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Description: Discusses the growing and evolving field of pricing and valuing stock option plans, and makes the case that actuaries are the professionals best qualified to serve clients in the field.

Description: The hot days of summer are upon us and, with it, the inevitable reference to the dog days of August. All over North America this year, summer began early with heat waves, heat alerts, smog alerts and hurricane and tornado warnings. Admittedly, this is not very encouraging news for our society which is concerned with preservation of life, quality of life and conservation of property. Accordingly, it is a challenge for our profession that prides itself on its ability to accurately calculate the financial impact of natural or catastrophic events on society at large. The Actuary Magazine August 2005

Description: Discusses the emerging issue of non-formulaic reserves, which surrounds principles-based reserving, in a Q&A format.

Description: Discusses the role of the Board of Governors of a typical corporation, and how an actuary can be well suited to contribute as a Board member.

Description: In recent years, actuaries have experienced an increase in competition. Competitors from other financial services industries are taking positions traditionally held by actuaries. Some have occupied senior positions, including the CFO and CRO roles. Many actuaries perceive this as a threat to the opportunities for actuaries. From The Actuary Magazine June 2005

Description: Describes the current enterprise risk management, ERM, model for beginners.

Description: A focus on the capital markets perspective and some of the products dealers offer to hedge and help mitigate capital costs and tail exposure risks. From The Actuary Magazine, April/May 2005

Description: Discusses a major campaign to change the image of the actuary.

Description: This article focuses on marketing opportunities and the impact of new international accounting standards on emerging markets in Latin America and Asia. The author presents an update on these subjects from interviews with speakers at a session at the recent annual meeting.

Description: This article looks at five reasons why the new image campaign will succeed. From Reinsurance News, February 2005. Article from Re-news, February 2005

Description: An article from The Actuary on what's hot and what's not in the job seeking market. Top recruiters share information on competition, employment trends and the job market.

Description: Letters written by the readers

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Description: Article in the Expanding Horizons Newsletter, Issue 26, published in April 2003 that announces the winners of the 2002 Halmstad Prize.

Description: Retirement Implications of Demographic and Family Change Symposium Monograph

Description: Overview of the papers presented at the Retirement Implications of Demographic and Family Change Symposium

Description: List of papers, with links, presented at Living to 100 and Beyond: Survival at Advanced Ages symposium, January 2002.

Description: This is the full version of Expanding Horizons newsletter, June 2001, Issue No. 24.

Description: This paper, part of the Society of Actuaries [SOA} ‘Research Projects – Finance/Investment,’ combines market and economic factors with insurer-specific data to form dynamic financial models of life insurers. Empirical analysis is based on annual data from 1985 through 1995 for 1,593 life insurers. By identifying important exogenous and insurer-specific factors related to life insurer performance, this study provides a basis for actuaries to build dynamic financial models for individual insurers. There are two documents: the research paper in .pdf format and three charts in an Excel document. This paper has been submitted to the ‘North American Actuarial Journal’ for publication considerations.

Description: The June 2000 supplement of The Actuary. The SOA Committee on Elections and the June 2000 issue's editor invited candidates for the office of president-elect of the Society of Actuaries to be interviewed by The Actuary. This annual service of The Actuary is intended to help Fellows make more informed choices in voting for a future SOA president.

Description: The SOA Committee on Elections and the June 1999 issue’s editor, Robert D. Shapiro, invited candidates for the office of president-elect of the Society of Actuaries to be interviewed by The Actuary. This annual service of The Actuary is intended to help Fellows make more informed choices in voting for a future SOA president.

Description: Table of Contents for the May 1999 Spring meeting of the Society of Actuaries

Description: This is the table of contents to discussions published from the Washington, D.C. Meeting held October 26-29, 1997. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: This is the table of contents to discussions published from the Orlando Meeting–October 27–30, 1996. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 3.