Description: A dinner speech at the Actuarial Research Conference at Drake University, Des Moines IA summer 2023. A ramble through 50 years of experience with actuarial research.

Description: Realizing the impact of medical errors on the U.S. health care system, the Health Section commissioned a research project to measure the annual frequency of medical errors and their total measurable direct and indirect cost to the economy.

Description: In this article, the chairperson addresses the section and discusses section activities.

Description: Carl C. Cowen, Jr., head of Purdue University’s actuarial program, received the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award. This award honors extraordinarily successful and widely recognized educators whose teaching effectiveness has had influence beyond their own institutions.

Description: The Society of Actuaries now has more than 600 members in Asia. This article describes how the SOA is increasing its outreach to members in Asia by establishing the Asia Committee, and by approving a three-year extension of the SOA’s support for the actuarial program at Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

Description: More than a decade ago, Jim Hickman visited Lebanon Valley College to talk to high school summer program participants about the actuarial profession. Then, and at other times since, Jim has expressed sincere interest and concern for undergraduate education, and special affection for the small liberal arts college. This paper describes some student undergraduate research projects undertaken by actuarial science students at Lebanon Valley College. It briefly considers getting students involved, where to get ideas for projects, types of projects, and then summarize some specific projects which have been completed by Lebanon Valley students. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1994, Vol. 1.

Description: This 1998 presentation from the 33rd Actuarial Research Conference reports on a number of activities related to the relationship between the actuarial profession and the academic community, including: 1. feedback received during the related session at last year's Actuarial Research Conference, 2. some the results from the SOA Research Effectiveness Task Force survey, and 3. recent developments such as the joint CAS, CIA, SOA Task Force on Academic Relations.

Description: Project Oversight Group. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.

Description: This article presents a view of health care as an economic system, suggests a framework for classifying current criticisms of the system, and offers references for further reading.