Description: The letter from the president provides background and updates in the development of the Society of Actuaries’ General Insurance specialty track.

Description: The basic thesis of this paper is that student capability to iNteract with new problems can be significantly increased by frequently exposing them to Written derivations, verbal-Intuitive justification of formulae and core sets of Comprehensive techniques by which to approach problems. Both instructor composition of problem resources for presentation and student practice of these problem resources can be achieved by semi-mechanical procedures accessible to everyone. For brevity we shall refer to this type of instruction by the acronym WINC. Presented at the 30th Actuarial Research Conference, August 17-19, 1995, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania

Description: The Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) and the SOA are collaborating on certain types of research projects as part of a bigger initiative to enhance the support the SOA provides to Canadian members.

Description: Background on IACA and its activities.

Description: Introduces the Reinsurance Section, its purpose, and recent activities.

Description: Debriefing of activities at the Third African Actuarial Congress held on April 2013 in Lomé, Togo, and brief description of the status of the actuarial profession in a few Western African countries..

Description: Information about three new programs the Society of Actuaries has implemented to build and support actuarial communities through enhanced university engagement.

Description: E-courses available from the Society of Actuaries.

Description: The Society of Actuaries will need to implement education system changes to meet requirements of the new International Actuarial Association syllabus.

Description: A discussion of how to define the actuarial profession, and how actuaries can engage in shaping that definition as it evolves over the coming decade.