Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is about the status and direction of the development of an Actuarial Standards Board, affecting all the fields of actuarial practice and all actuaries.

Description: The February/March 2016 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: Presented at April 1965 New York Regional Meeting. Discusses actuaries' contribution to society in both the public and private sectors and states that he would welcome the development of required actuarial standards at the state level.

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: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. This session is about professional responsibility, qualification standards, ethical standards and standards of practice.

Description: AHIP commissioned the Menges Group to write this white paper on key pressures in the budgetary environment that stress the actuarial soundness of Medicaid rates. Though written by non-actuaries, this white paper thoroughly describes key professionalism topics that face Medicaid actuaries in their daily work.

Description: This article discusses the reservations small companies may have about the Principles Based Valuation proposal. Instead of prescribed methods, assumptions, and tables for statutory reserves, they would be computed based on actuarial judgment in accordance with standards of practice. of practice.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This session looks at experience with Actuarial Standard of Practice 'ASP' 24 regarding the NAIC Life Insurance Illustration model regulation. Additionally included is a discussion of the NAIC's possible extension of the model to include annuities and variable life insurance. This session also looks at possible revisions to ASP 15.

Description: First of a 2 part series: The Actuarial Science Program at the University of Nebraska includes a course on Actuarial Roles and Ethics. In 1978 the students in this class sent a questionnaire to 265 persons, mostly alumni of the Program, aimed at finding out how actuaries see themselves, and to what extent ethical questions have impinged upon them. This article gives answers by 61 Fellows 60 F.S.A.'s and one F.C.A.S.

Description: Panelists address topics such as techniques for testing data quality, the actuary’s responsibility for verifying the reasonableness of data, and considerations in modifying data sources for specific situations. Included is a discussion of ASOP No. 23. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 96