Description: Part 2 of a six-part series on the evolution of risk management continues with this article on dynamic financial analysis.

Description: The author notes the decline in the study of compound interest and the effect of computers on the subject.

Description: Examines the trends affecting the distribution system for the industry's products, and the regulatory and tax environment in which life companies operate. Also looks briefly at the state of competition in the industry.

Description: This letter was written in response to an article that ran in the October issue of The Actuary, titled "The Medical Malpractice Crisis: A Top=Down Solution" by Allen Elstein. Mr. Elstein's reply is also in this article.

Description: In light of economic globalization, the author examines how well prepared actuaries are in the four key areas of teamwork, education, values and cultural empathy.

Description: This article is about a 1997 conference titled, 'Integrated Approaches to Risk Measurement in the Financial Services Industry,' that brought together a diverse group of 84 professionals, including actuaries and others working in risk measurement and management. That conference, sponsored jointly by the SOA’s finance practice area and Investment Section, was important in helping the profession advance the work of risk measurement.

Description: An article from The Actuary that highlights the strategic importance of inter-company mortality studies. Broad-based mortality studies form the backbone of the life actuarial profession. However, few companies have sufficient exposure or deaths to construct their own mortality table. Even is some large companies have enough data, there is still a vast majority of companies that do not. Historically, the void has been filled by means of inter-company studies.

Description: This article is based on a presentation made by the author at the Annual Meeting of the Actuarial Society of New York in September 2004. The example of the position inventory and complementary skills acquired is from the author's own professional experience. From The Actuary Magazine, April/May 2005

Description: Author's views about how to improve the value of actuaries to current and prospective clients/employers and to society as a whole.

Description: This article gives details of the demutualization process of The Equitable Life Assurance Society, highlighting the decision process, actuarial issues and regulatory challenges.