Description: This article is about the challenging role of the actuary in business and how Canada's resolution to this challenge can benefit the profession as a whole.

Description: Discusses the tarnished image of pension actuaries in Washington and the importance of good standards of practice and strong enforcement to ensure that actuaries maintain their public credibility.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1986 – Volume No. 20, Issue No. 6 talks about the Exposure Draft of Valuation Principles for Life Insurance Companies.

Description: Discussion of the changes involved with the Society of Actuaries education redesign, including a summary of the responses to a Society of Actuaries member survey dealing with the redesign of the basic education and examination system.

Description: This article from The Actuary, April 1971, volume 5, Issue 4 talks about an exposure draft. The Exposure Draft of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants on Audits of Life Insurance Companies has not apparently had among actuaries the wide circulation it deserves, judging by the relatively few responses to Robert Winters letter in the February issue of The Actuary. This is a most important document because it affects not only the accounting practices of life insurance companies but also the status of the actuarial profession.

Description: The letter from the president provides background and updates in the development of the Society of Actuaries’ General Insurance specialty track.

Description: This article discusses the actuarial staff of the U.S. General Accounting Office GAO, providing a bit of history, the structure of the GAO, and explaining that GAO actuaries act as consultants to all the operating divisions of the GAO on matters involving pensions, insurance, and related issues. The author also revisits an earlier proposal for a Government Actuary, a higher level position responsible for all actuarial work of the Executive branch, as well as the GAO, and asks whether the actuarial profession should again support such a proposal.

Description: Interviews with several actuaries who are subject matter experts in the health field to get their perspectives on implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Description: E-courses available from the Society of Actuaries.

Description: E-courses available from the Society of Actuaries.