Description: Article from The Actuary, March 1972 – volume 6 - Issue 3 provides a recap of the November, 1971 meeting of the Younger Actuaries Committee of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

Description: Article from The Actuary, March 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 3 talks about Hewitt Associates seminars conducted at their general office in Libertyville, IL during the Christmas and summer vacations. These seminars are designed to provide an introduction to the actuarial profession and knowledge of the various fields in which actuaries are employed.

Description: A Centennial Celebration of the founding of North America's first actuarial organization was held in 1989 in Washington, D.C. This article summarizes the presentations made by the Presidents of the five sponsoring organizations regarding the strengthening of the Actuarial profession. The five sponsoring organizations were the Society of Actuaries, the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice, the American Academy of Actuaries, the Casualty Actuarial Society and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

Description: In an effort to encourage discussion of the recent Report of the Task Force on Strengthening the Profession, The Actuary presents another viewpoint on the task force recommendations. Kevin Ryan, President of the Casualty Actuarial Society presents his opinion in this article.

Description: Article Ninety Years Ago by Moorhead in The Actuary, March 1979, Volume 13, Number 3

Description: The coordinator of the task force which prepared Manhart Brief, for a court case on sex discrimination in pension rates, responds to criticism.

Description: In this article, the Society of Actuaries Executive Director discusses what the SOA is doing to build stronger ties with members and candidates. The efforts include the use of social media, the posting of articles, news, updates and videos more regularly on the SOA blog, the introduction of the first SOA mobile app, and access to the SOA's Online Membership Directory is now available via smartphone. Following the article is a list news articles involving the actuarial profession, a list of professional development opportunities, recommended readings and a list of actuarial e-courses.

Description: This article announces the availability of the 1982 Society of Actuaries Yearbook.

Description: This article summarizes the agenda of the 1997 Society of Actuaries annual meeting to be held Oct. 26-29 at the Washington, D.C., Hilton and Towers. The keynote speaker will be Robert B. Reich, 1993-97 U.S. Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration.

Description: The technological, globalized world we live in was barely imaginable when the organization now called the International Association of Actuaries [IAA] was launched 103 years ago. However, that world was a reality when the International Forum of Actuarial Associations [IFAA] was formed as a section of the IAA in 1995. As the quadrennial IAA congress convenes in June 1998 in Birmingham, England, IAA members will vote on a historic measure. They will consider transforming the IAA, now an association of individual actuaries, into the structure of the IFAA, an association of actuarial organizations, to maintain and work to increase the profession’s influence in an increasingly globalized world. This article describes the details of the proposed changes.