Description: Developing a formal strategy to guide the SOA’s activities with respect to public policy-related topics is underway. Recent experience shows that non-partisan contributions through the SOA’s research are already adding value to important public policy discussions.

Description: Four stories: Travel Bug (Lisa Marquardt), Imagination Soars (Gary Thomas), Among the Fish and Coral—Amazing! (Sharon Giffen) and On Board with SHIP (Dwight Barlett)

Description: Own risk and solvency assessment (ORSA) is emerging as a requirement for insurance companies in many countries. Enterprise risk management is also being used in banking and other industries. This provides an opportunity for actuaries to expand further into other industries, especially with the CERA credential.

Description: Since 1966, the Society of Actuaries has been an affiliate of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences. This article gives an overview of what the Conference Board is, what it does.

Description: Outgoing editor, Gail Lawrence looks back at her editorship and remarks on the future of the health actuarial field.

Description: Updates on the efforts of the Academy’s health practice council. its work groups and task forces, to educate health care policymakers on issues including principles for reform, Medicare, the individual insurance market, and risk factors.

Description: Discussion of the activities of the Social Insurance and Public Finance Section during its first year and its plans for 2010

Description: This is a brief summary on the panel discussion about accreditation, at which it was announced that 3 actuarial organizations had approved the organization of the Academy of Actuaries.

Description: Professional development opportunities from the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Correspondent's report from the Investment Section Breakfast at the SOA Annual Meeting in Austin 2015