Description: The author stresses that knowing your value, expressing your value convincingly and having an outstanding resume are key to landing your dream job.

Description: This article discusses the results of the elections for the SOA Product Development Section Council and introduces the individuals that will be new members of the council for 2014.

Description: A call for papers on health insurance topics to enhance the program for a 1979 special topic meeting of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Remarks on a recent series of articles in 'The National Underwriter' on risk selection and related regulation.

Description: The Chairperson’s Corner focuses on how our section has evolved in communicating to its membership. Providing timely and pertinent research information is key, and we’re exploring communications through enhancements in our website, discussion forums on LinkedIn, and also producing podcasts.

Description: Describes the process for getting published in academic journals for non-academic authors focusing on health care journals

Description: In the midst of the activity and glitter of Times Square, one group of actuaries devoted an entire SOA meeting one morning to developing their communication knowledge and skills. The workshop titled, “Actuaries can Communicate,” was designed to identify ways to communicate more effectively as an actuary, to develop individual communication competence and to practice communication skills central to the work of an actuary. From The Stepping Stone, April 2005, Issue No. 18.

Description: This paper considers the question of whether the growth in the size of financial statements witnessed over the last several years has yielded an increase in the quality of disclosure around issues of financial risk and to what extent this disclosure is satisfying the perceived needs of readers of the financial statements, as represented by the investment analyst community.

Description: Chairperson’s column discussing a few of the important initiatives of the Financial Reporting Section

Description: This article discusses communication skills and some pointers for actuaries looking to refine the way that they communicate model results.