Description: An overview of John Robinson's experience at the recently concluded annual meeting of the Caribbean Actuarial Association in Trinidad.

Description: An update on the activities of the JRMS

Description: A leadership interview with Margaret Meister looking back at her career trajectory and sharing lessons learned.

Description: This featured several amusing references to the actuarial profession in various venues including an open letter, a story and a play.

Description: Editor's note summarizing contents of the newsletter and developments within the International Section

Description: When responding to RFPs, it's not just about the technical specs or hard facts. You have to have finesse to persuade and convince, and really capture the attention of the evaluators. This article will help you do just that.

Description: There is a growing amount of “off-balance sheet” talent in the US and Global workforce. This spans from consultants and contractors, to gig workers and the crowd (both curated crowd and open crowd). One such example is Uber and Lyft workers. Insurance companies and the Actuarial profession have started to experiment with platforms such as Kaggle and this will continue to grow and evolve. This article explores these new sources of talent for companies, the implications to the actuarial function, benefits and challenges of the evolving workforce.

Description: The author offers tips for e-mail etiquete.

Description: An interview between Timothy Morant and Jinnah Cox. The chair of the reinsurance council discusses with the chair of the product development section, including personal questions and volunteering for the reinsurance section.

Description: Update to the members of the SOA International Section