Description: This article is about the Course 8 series. Course 8 provides candidates with essential advanced specialized education in one of seven practice areas: individual insurance, group life and health, managed care, U.S. pensions, Canadian pensions, finance, and investments.

Description: Discusses trends in actuarial education worldwide, and discusses changes that the SOA is implementing.

Description: The August/September 2014 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: Article is about changes in the education and examination department of the SOA

Description: This article regarding grasping life contingency principles. Drs. Broffitt and Klugman Jan. issue helpfully analyze some theoretical life contingency and compound interest details often overlooked.

Description: This article discusses calculating the present value given a set of non-level interest rates and a stream of cash flow emerging from that context. This is the nub of a problem that surfaces in determining the adequacy of a reserve in a manner which fully takes into account both the assets and liabilities involved.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 6, that discusses eras in life contingencies theory. In the history of actuarial education on this continent, the subject of life contingencies has been successively presented to students in four major textbooks embracing almost exactly a century of instruction.

Description: The Actuarial Education and Research Fund is charged by its parents, the five North American actuarial organizations, with promoting useful research on actuarial topics. A list of projects as of the end of 1981. From The Actuary VOL. 16, No. 6

Description: Article from The Actuary, January 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 1 is a list of some of the sources of information that may be useful to an actuary who wishes to increase his or her knowledge of data processing.

Description: This article discusses the Professional Development Committee's responsibilities, the Competency Framework which gives focus to the key skills that drive success, and professional development delivery methods.