Description: This is the third, and last, of the series of reflections by actuaries who were asked to take a fresh look today at problems that worried them 20 years ago. This one deals with the anticipated need for actuaries in the future

Description: The author's stated purpose of this article is to provide members of the actuarial profession with background information regarding the question of continuing education from the perspective of other professions: what they do, how they have done it, and the extent to which the actuarial profession can learn from other professional groups.

Description: This article introduces a new CD-ROM tool for continuing education, the first of which is about the recent Actuarial Research Conference.

Description: This article is about the Society of Actuaries' Education and Examination Research Paper Committee awarding 30 Fellowship credits to Krzysztof M. Ostaszewski, Ph.D., ASA, for his paper, 'Macroeconomic Aspects of Private Retirement Programs.' This is the twelfth such paper approved for Fellowship credit under the SOA’s Future Education Methods program. The paper analyzes possible macroeconomic factors contributing to the decline in the use of defined benefit plans and proposes an alternative hypothesis for the cause of the decline.

Description: This article examines the dynamic environment of the health care system in the United States and the challenges facing the health actuary.

Description: This article provides questions and answers about the Society of Actuaries Continuing Professional Development 'CPD' Requirement Exposure Draft.

Description: This is a report on the operations of the 'Committee on Review' which is devoted to reviewing actuarial, mathematical, and other texts of interest to actuaries.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1986 – Volume No. 20, Issue No. 6 discusses how the growth and evolution of the actuarial profession in recent years has created an increase interest in continuing education and professional development.

Description: Article from The Actuary, April 1986, Volume 20, No. 4 that highlights the formation of the Pension Section. Early 1983 saw the start of the formation of the Society's Pension Section. A 25-member organizing committee polled the membership of the Society to determine their level of interest. An overwhelming 1,000 members spurred the Board of Governors to authorize the Section.

Description: In this article about professional development, the new competency network is descibed and and emerging job opportunities in health care analytics are discussed.