Description: This article answers the following questions about the Society of Actuaries exams: 1. Unsuccessful students are given their 0 through 5 score, describing their failure only in its degree. Why can’t they be given particulars to show where the weakness was found, so they can concentrate future efforts productively?, 2. Why is it sometimes so difficult to obtain application forms and sample questions?, 3. Why is Chapter 7 of Kellison’s 'The Theory of Interest' omitted from the Part 4 syllabus? Can one become an actuary without having learned what’s in that chapter?

Description: An overview of the formation of the Committee of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, initiated by the Joint Ad Hoc Committee on Government Statistics, in response to the need for statistical advisory committees to government agencies to promote better data collection and dissemination, contracting, forms clearance, planning, coordination, monitoring, staffing, and strengthening of agency functions.

Description: The actuarial profession continues to grow in Asia with help from the Society of Actuaries. In September 1998, the SOA board voted to focus the SOA’s efforts in Asia by renaming the Asia Committee the China Region Committee [CRC] and forming the Southeast Asia Committee [SEAC]. This article describes president-elect, Howard J. Bolnick's Sept. 23-28, 1998 visit to Beijing, Tianjin, Hong Kong, and Kuala Lumpur, where he and a delegation met with members of these committees to identify their needs and discuss strategies to accomplish their mandates. A secondary purpose was to learn more about China to help the SOA more effectively participate in International Actuarial Association [IAA] activities.

Description: This article describes the Society of Actuaries' golden year celebration at the 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting held in San Francisco on October 17-20, 1999. Among the highlights, a book on the Society’s history, 'The First 50 Years: Society of Actuaries 1949-1999,' was developed to convey the remarkable accomplishments of the Society of Actuaries and the people who helped shape its growth and worldwide influence.

Description: This article contains interviews with the directors of three Society of Actuaries departments. Margaret Ann Jordan is the managing director of Information Technology and Services, Tiffany Berger is the director of Finance and Facilities, and Toni Murril is the director of Human Resources.

Description: This article discusses exam requirements for the actuarial profession in the Philippines. From The Actuary, December 1972, Vol. 6, No. 10.

Description: This article examines the Actuarial profession in the Philippines.

Description: A Centennial Celebration of the founding of North America's first actuarial organization was held in 1989 in Washington, D.C. This article summarizes the presentations made by the Presidents of the five sponsoring organizations regarding the strengthening of the Actuarial profession. The five sponsoring organizations were the Society of Actuaries, the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice, the American Academy of Actuaries, the Casualty Actuarial Society and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

Description: Highlights of the Actuary of the Future Section and the Product Development Section

Description: This article announces the availability of the 1982 Society of Actuaries Yearbook.