Description: The letter from the president provides highlights of the president’s accomplishments over the past year.

Description: This article defines "elevator pitch" and why one is needed. A great elevator pitch is an indispensable competitive advantage that will accelerate your career progress. A poor one can leave you toiling in anonymity.

Description: We can learn a lot about actuarial exams but they don't really teach us about the business world and how to operate in it.

Description: Chairman's perspectives on the Section and R&R

Description: Understanding the importance of networking is the first step toward achieving a fulfilling and rewarding professional career and personal life.

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: 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 whether a an actuary who realized he didn't want the job for which he was interviewing should admit it, or wait to see if an offer is extended.

Description: By relating to his own experience, Steven Chin reveals the meaning of networking and how it can affect one's life. His advice helps guide us on how to interact in a business setting and find mentorship within and outside the actuarial community.

Description: The Society of Actuaries recently entered into an agreement with the China Association of Actuaries to promote collaboration between the two organizations.

Description: An actuary talks about his career, his firm's ventures into partnerships between actuaries and health care professionals, and his role in the role in the largest actuarial malpractice settlement in history.