Description: This article provides highlights of the International Section Council meeting, reception, and section-sponsored sessions from the 2012 SOA Annual Meeting.

Description: Recap of the International Section activities at the SOA annual meeting.

Description: This article summarizes the International Section's 2010-11 goals.

Description: The editor’s summary of topics covered in the May 2011 issue of The Independent Consultant, the newsletter of the Entrepreneurial Actuaries Section.

Description: An article provides a report from the Society of Actuaries Board of Governors meeting in San Antonio, Texas, on June 14-15, 1994. Included are Board actions, particularly on SOA Bylaws, the establishment of the SOA Ambassador Program, and the creation of a heath Risk Adjuster research project.

Description: Announces the first major grant awarded to the newly formed Society of Actuaries Foundation to fund the development, production, and distribution costs for a major book on financial economic theory as it applies to the work of actuaries.

Description: In this article the authors review the book, The Elements of Business Writing by Gary Blake and Robert W. Bly, and highlight the basics of improving business writing skills.

Description: This article lists the winners of 16 research grants from the SOA, with recipients representing a wide range of expertise and geographic locations.

Description: This article highlights member survey results intended to assess the level of support for Society of Actuaries programs.

Description: This article announces 'The Actuary’s Career Planner,' prepared by The Society of Actuaries' Continuing Education Department and the Committee on Management and Personal Development. This is a notebook-style planner that presents a step-by-step approach to get an actuary from where he/she is to where he/she wants to be.