Description: This Transactions section contains summaries and a listing of recent publications. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1953, Vol. 5, No. 13.

Description: The author's comments on the future outlook for actuaries and the insurance industry. He poses many thought provoking questions about the future.

Description: This article discusses the recently formed Committee on Futurism, and provides a definition of futurism and the purpose of the new committee. The author notes that “in October 1975 the annual meeting of the Society had the privilege of listening to Dr. Jay S. Mendell give an address on “The Actuary as a Futurist.” Prior to that occasion it is doubtful if many of the Society members had ever heard of being a Futurist or of Futurism.”

Description: This is the Foreward to Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1995-96 Reports.

Description: This article provides guidance for selling to top executives.

Description: This is a survey of pre-1960 FSA's still actively employed.

Description: This is an article discussing the origins and services of the SOA library.

Description: This is a book review of 'The Man Who Loved Only Numbers' by Paul Hoffman, past editor of Discover magazine and publisher of Encyclopedia Britannica. Of relevance to actuaries is the fact that the book's main character, Paul Erdos, pioneered techniques for mathematical proofs using probabilistic methods, now known as Monte Carlo methods. Throughout the book, we are reintroduced to timeless problems familiar to most actuaries.

Description: John Naisbitt, in Megatrends, defined a megatrend as a general shift in thinking or approach affecting countries, industries and organizations. This article challenges actuaries to consider off-the-charts factors within their risk maps and consider their potential impact.

Description: Letter from the SOA president discussing social media tools and networking.