Description: This session from the 1994 Valuation Actuary Symposium covers long term care and health related issues for valuation, an update from the Risk-Based Capital Task Force of the Academy on developing a risk-based capital formula for health coverages, an overview of the health practice notes.

Description: This article discusses the idea of controlling health care costs through wellness. The author states that it has already been clearly demonstrated that actuaries practicing wellness produce more accurate valuations and earnings forecasts, are more skillful in product pricing and design, and are more popular with government examiners, accountants and even agents.

Description: The August/September 2014 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: This article ecourages actuaries to get up to date with the use of the internet as personal computing and electronic communications are changing the way we do business.

Description: Article discusses mistakes to avoid in running a successful meeting.

Description: This session from the 1993 Valuation Actuary Symposium discusses opinion and memorandum issues facing the appointed actuary including the criteria used to form an opinion, analyzing year-end testing, documentation needed, reliances, how to handle a qualified opinion and options other than cash flow testing.

Description: The author suggests that the ability to negotiate is the ability to achieve a specific type of outcome. Given corporations and people are held to their own high standards, we all would get what we want more often and that is the goal. From The Stepping Stone, February 2012, Issue No. 45.

Description: The authors reflect on the 2023 SOA ImpACT Conference. They share some of the networking opportunities, and give overviews of the general sessions as well as some of the breakout sessions. They discuss reasons for attending an in-person meeting beyond getting continuing professional development credits.

Description: This discussion is about the basic information on adoption of retirement plan. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961 Vol. 13 PT 2

Description: The author finds the best way to reach your potential is to follow a personal growth plan daily. Free resources, including online newsletters and blogs are cited. From The Stepping Stone, February 2012, Issue No. 45.