Description: Portability of pension benefits allows an employee to maintain pension benefits as he leaves one company and joins another. Advocates of portability point approvingly to the way Social Security - a portable pension plan - handles employee mobility. In their view, the private pension system would be fairer to participants and close a gap in pension coverage if it had more portability.

Description: In 1983, a poultry virus hit the jackpot in Pennsylvania. While making a copy of its genetic material, the virus made a tiny error. Because of that error, it began producing a slightly altered protein which allowed the normally benign organism to spread beyond its usual residence in chicken lungs and intestines. Soon it was burrowing into other parts of the birds’ bodies - including the nervous system, where it multiplied rapidly and began to cause disease. Could something like this happen to humans?

Description: An article reporting the death of Ernest J. Oglesby, a retired professor of mathematics. From The Actuary Vol. 23, No. 8.

Description: The August/September 2013 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: This article briefly examines the life of 19th century actuary Charles Francis McCay. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 7

Description: This article is an assessment of the Society's current health and presents a direction how the SOA should move forward to the new century. Article from The Actuary, Volume 24, Issue 11

Description: This article explores how the SOA has advanced the knowledge of actuarial science through international partnerships and key communication. Article from The Actuary, Volume 24, Issue 11

Description: Article from The Actuary December 1993 Volume 27, No. 10 highlights Presidential address given at the annual meeting

Description: Article highlights changes in exams and education issues for the Society of Actuaries SOA. From The Actuary January 1993 Volume 27, No. 1.

Description: This article is about the very rapid pace of Health care reform on both the national and state level. The challenge is to ensure that viable financing vehicles are developed for cost effective health care delivery.