Description: Article discusses how to set your goals by asking 2 questions 1What do I want? and 2 What is important to me? These questions will help you to set your goals and make these goals more achievable.

Description: This short note discusses creativity in the context of actuarial science, and how to cultivate it. We first attempt to define creative thinking as opposed to procedural thinking or memory recall. We then describe concrete examples of actuarial projects that promote deeper thinking. We also address why creativity is needed and how to make sure our students are able to communicate their creative ideas effectively.

Description: The author expresses an opinion opposing specialization within FSA examinations explaining that such activity should occur after achieving FSA.

Description: This article, the second of a two part series, examines the jai-alai results which would be expected if all teams had equal ability, and then contrasts these expected results with actual experience. The first part of this series was published in the November 1983 issue.

Description: This is an interview with Competition Editor, Charlie Groeschell, who designs the Actucrostic puzzles for The Actuary.

Description: In this article the author cautions against the temptation to extend stochastic modeling into areas of unpredictable parameters and probabilities. He challenges actuaries to rely on their own judgment.

Description: This article gives an overview of the first Applied Actuarial Research Conference AARC.

Description: Announcement of the ARC Graduate Student winners from the 2010 conference at Simon Fraser University.

Description: This article explores the challenges of writing exams during the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons learned.

Description: This article discusses how the refereeing process for Transactions articles, which has been in place for some time, is being changed.