Description: In this increasingly global economy, actuaries frequently find themselves in situations involving cross-border practice. This is particularly true for U.S. and Canadian actuaries. This article is about recent agreements and discussions among the U.S. actuarial organizations and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries [CIA] that clarify how the various actuarial standards apply to cross-border activities.

Description: The vice president of Professional Services for the SOA gives an overview of the activities in his area.

Description: Results of a Discipline Review Committee convened for the purpose of reviewing a disciplinary sanction imposed by the Joint Discipline Council (JDC).

Description: In this article, Society of Actuaries President, Donald J. Segal, discusses two topics: the importance of voting for a bylaws change that streamlines the U.S. actuarial profession’s disciplinary process, and what the SOA is doing to better serve actuarial clubs.

Description: Determination of the Joint Disciplinary Council (JDC) Disciplinary Panel

Description: U.S. actuaries working in Canada are subject to Canadian code of conduct rules. This article explains the operation of the CIA with respect to this issue and compares discipline procedures in the U.S versus Canada.

Description: Discussion about what it means to be a professional. T

Description: Notes on the IAA meeting that took place in D.C. in May

Description: The author describes what he thinks actuaries’ responsibilities to the public are.

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.