Description: This article discusses the Professional Development Committee's responsibilities, the Competency Framework which gives focus to the key skills that drive success, and professional development delivery methods.

Description: Actuaries are often intimately involved in insurance company merger and acquisition [M&A] activity. Actuaries are vital to the process because they have the key elements of knowledge to understand whether the numbers being raised really make sense. For actuaries working in M&A, this article offers a framework in which to view and perhaps improve their companies’ level of success.

Description: This article from SOA president David Holland, speaks to the need of the actuarial profession to consistently evolve with the needs of the 21st century.

Description: This article is based on a presentation made by the author at the Annual Meeting of the Actuarial Society of New York in September 2004. The example of the position inventory and complementary skills acquired is from the author's own professional experience. From The Actuary Magazine, April/May 2005