Description: Remarks on the pricing of joint LTC policies illustrate the need for an actuary's responsibility to the law, and to best practices, to take precendence over serving sales, marketing and underwriting objectives.

Description: This article is about a proposed Amendment to the Society of Actuaries Constitution that will permit the Society to take a public position on the actuarial content of matters within the area of public interest.

Description: Describes why actuarial standards of practice (ASOPs) are so important, and encourages practitioners to read them and comment on them.

Description: This article shares tips for those starting out in the actuarial profession. The source is my experience and that of Ian Duncan FSA FIA FCIA MAAA and other actuaries.

Description: This article provides summaries of the sessions sponsored by the Nontraditional Marketing Section at the recent SOA meeting in Orlando Florida. Topics included measuring sales success, professionalism and the cost of medical malpractice.

Description: This is an editorial about the expression of professional opinion about matters outside the special professional competence of actuaries, and we aren’t urging that Article X be either amended or violated.

Description: A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved a new employee being hired specifically for an expertise that then does not seem to be valued once they arrive.

Description: This is an article on the subject of peer reviews, why they should be done, when they should be done, who should do them and the benefits.

Description: This article explains the Society of Actuaries' views on mandatory continuing education.

Description: The vice president of Professional Services for the SOA gives an overview of the activities in his area.