Description: Chair’s letter introduces the new section leadership.

Description: Updates on HPC activities, including new work groups for providing input to key players as health care reform moves on from the legislative phase into the regulatory phase, as well as ongoing activities of existing workgroups in financial reporting, long term care, stop loss, disease management, Medicare SUpplement, sovency, cancer claims experience, and risk adjustment.

Description: Discussion of Forecast 2000, the actuarial profession's public relations program.

Description: This article addresses dealing with distractions, avoiding habits like multi-tasking, and providing guidance on how to reach a state of "flow" to concentrate on deep work.

Description: A wrap-up of the year’s activities, including supporting the educational needs of membership, focusing on sponsoring research, and developing community.

Description: Update on Health Section research projects and topics, including new vision and mission statements for the Health Section Council, research and communications projects, and information about the Health Actuarial Research Initiative.

Description: Overview of SOA-sponsored seminars held in July 1978 in four cities to discuss current issues in the private sector relating to the new OASDI benefit formulas.

Description: Notice families with multiple generations among the SOA membership - follow-up to a previous item.

Description: Editor's preview of the September 2008 issue of the LTC Section news, including articles on claim reserves, claimant perspectives, independent providers, caregiver perspectives, and recent research. projects.