Description: This article gives a brief description of the 2011 SOA Annual Meeting held in Chicago. Also shown are briefs about the actuarial profession in the news.

Description: Insurance accounting is in the midst of significant changes, many of which were proposed during a time of severe economic uncertainty. Given the concern about these regulations by many insurance finance executives, it is time for a re-examination of the capabilities of the financial reporting function. For insurers, actuarial components are a critical part of the financial reports, and so actuaries can be expected to play a critical role in moving the overall financial and regulatory reporting function forward. In fact, the financial and regulatory reporting function in an insurance company cannot advance significantly without actuarial expertise. This article explains how actuaries are therefore in the position of being able to help drive the evolution of a company’s finance function.

Description: This article is a brief review of E.J. Moorhead's new book, Our Yesterdays: The History of the Actuarial Profession In North America, 1809-1979.

Description: This article highlights the new mobile technology features available to actuaries so they may make the most of their memberships, such as Apps, QR Codes, Podcasts, E-Learning adapted for the I-Pad, and the SOA's online mobile directory. From The Actuary, February 2012, Volume 9, Issue 1.

Description: Obituaries for Robert W. Butcher, Florence P. McLellan and Herbert A. Winters. From The Actuary Vol. 28, No. 3.

Description: The purpose of this article is to encourage members to write papers and articles to help advance the knowledge of the profession.

Description: Article discussing the SOA’s education system redesign.

Description: Presidential address about changes in the actuarial world.