Description: The Drake Risk and Insurance Workshop on Catastrophe Risk took place virtually on February 19, 2021, hosted by the School of Actuarial Science & Risk Management in the College of Business and Public Administration at Drake University. The purpose of this article is to share with the actuarial science community some experience in organizing this event amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Description: An overview of bias and fairness in machine learning models, as they apply to use cases in life insurance.

Description: A preview of the articles in the May 2009 issue of Long Term Care News, with a theme of focusing on the pure fundamentals of actuarial work.

Description: Article on the need for continuing education for actuaries

Description: This excerpt is from a presentation done by a panelist at the Intercompany Long-Term Care Insurance Conference Association closing session in Chicago in March. We can never fully express our thanks to the Alzheimer’s Association and Tom Doyle for the courage to share his moving story and optimism for the future.

Description: The August/September 2015 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: A discussion of the work of the Low Interest Rate Environment Team, a new group of the Smaller Insurance Company Section.

Description: Chairperson’s column describing ways members of the Section can volunteer for section activities.

Description: Monica Hainer, FSA, FCIA, MAAA, chief executive officer of London Life Reinsurance Company in Blue Bell, Penn., is the 2008 recipient of the ACLI Forum 500’s Distinguished Service Award. She received the award at the Forum 500’s Leadership Retreat in Washington, D.C. on May 14.

Description: This article is a follow-up article on the principles-based reserves PBR movement in the life and health insurance industry. It discusses more in depth the possibility of principles-based reserves determined stochastically and changes proposed in the SVL for preferred mortality.