Description: This article discusses the shift of capital in the 1980s from traditional Whole Life Insurance to Universal Life, Term, Variable products and Managed Care. Restructuring in the insurance industry presents challenges and opportunities for actuaries. The author exhorts actuaries to be part of the solution by updating actuarial science and expanding into new areas.

Description: Should actuaries have a formal program for continuing education? This question has been asked, studied and debated at least since the early part of the decade. For many years, accountants, physicians and lawyers of many states have had continuing education requirements to retain their license to practice. Why not actuaries?

Description: Crossword puzzle for the readers of Risks & Rewards newsletter.

Description: List of members for Committees on Mortality and Morbidity Experience Studies and Group and Self Administered Plans.

Description: This is the first article in a newly announced Q&A feature which provides answers to questions from readers about the E&E Program, from the Education and Examination Committee.

Description: Article discusses how to set your goals by asking 2 questions 1What do I want? and 2 What is important to me? These questions will help you to set your goals and make these goals more achievable.

Description: Request for letters to the editor of the Expanding Horizons section.

Description: This short note discusses creativity in the context of actuarial science, and how to cultivate it. We first attempt to define creative thinking as opposed to procedural thinking or memory recall. We then describe concrete examples of actuarial projects that promote deeper thinking. We also address why creativity is needed and how to make sure our students are able to communicate their creative ideas effectively.

Description: This literature review provides insights on emerging technologies that interact with the actuarial profession within the space of microinsurance for the purpose of establishing a frame of reference for actuaries to use in their work. Furthermore, it intends to spark readers’ interest in, and create a vision for, how microinsurance and its associated technologies may impact the actuarial industry in the future.

Description: En el seminario hablaremos sobre los nuevos flujos de tarificación, y nos enfocaremos en la inclusión del análisis geográfico en el proceso de modelado para optimizar la extracción del riesgo en modelos de Machine Learning.