Description: This article describes the results of a survey of 27 members of the Society holding nontraditional jobs. These actuaries were contacted by the Society’s Career Encouragement Committee’s Subcommittee on Actuarial Opportunities, and the results are interesting. All of the individuals have maintained their membership, yet some of them are in fields which are not very actuarial, such as physician and one who builds restaurants for a fast food chain.

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

Description: This article is an interview with ‘pioneer’ Nooruddin [Rudy] S. Karsan, FSA, one of the co–founders of Kenexa® Corp., a leading end–to–end provider of software, proprietary content, services and process outsourcing, that enable organizations to more effectively recruit and retain employees. The company was founded in 1987 and started with two employees. Today Kenexa has 1,600 employees. Karsan discusses his life and entrepreneurial career. He enjoys managing and building businesses, and the challenging opportunities, but that's just one part of his life the other is focusing on serving humanity—the two basic words, he says, that define Kenexa. From ‘The Actuary Magazine’ Volume 5 Issue 4.

Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 5 talks about the potential opportunity for actuaries working on Wall Street.

Description: This article focuses on Jeffrey J. Nohl, who started his career as a credit insurance actuary. Nohl moved from the familiar insurer side of health care to the provider side. He is now the president of Aurora Health Network.

Description: Is there life for actuaries other than in insurance companies or with employee benefits? For years the French have thought so, and this summer at the International Congress of Actuaries, the rest of the world agreed. The International Actuarial Association IAA established AFIR Actuarial Approach for Financial Risks.

Description: John Dewan, FSA, and his non-traditional career into baseball and STATS

Description: This article discusses the goal of the Society's new Task Force on Banks and Financial Institutions which is how the actuarial role can be extended into financial institutions.

Description: This article highlights a new career for actuaries, actuarial counseling. Actuarial professionals who are trained, skilled, and experienced can act independently to help individuals meet their financial challenges.

Description: This article from SOA president David Holland, speaks to the need of the actuarial profession to consistently evolve with the needs of the 21st century.