Description: Among the most outspoken of the life insurance industry’s authorities is Ronald Butkiewicz, president and CEO, Irish Life of North America ILONA. In speeches to industry groups, including a 1995 presentation to the Actuarial Society of Greater New York, Butkiewicz makes the challenging statement, 'American society doesn’t need the life insurance industry. I am also quick to add that I don’t think American society needs banks, either.' However, said Butkiewicz in an interview for this article, 'It does need our products.' The article goes on to explain how Butkiewicz sees life insurance becoming part of one, big financial services industry.

Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1985 – Volume No. 19, Issue No. 5 that focuses on management skills in actuaries.

Description: The editorial shares observations and lessons learned from the process of implementing the Affordable Care Act.

Description: Article is about empowerment and working with your staff.

Description: This article provides a recap of Colin Powell's speech at the SOA's Annual Meeting in 1994, entitled 'The Management of Crisis and Change'.

Description: Highlighting the Michigan Actuarial Society as the first actuarial club to invite a member of the SOA Committee on Management and Personal Development, the author, as a guest speaker November 1994. Upcoming workshops sponsored by the committee are mentioned.

Description: This article is about change, how it affects us, how we react to change, and how leaders need to be change agents.

Description: Two hundred eighty-one actuaries signed up by Sept. 1, 1998 for the Society of Actuaries’ Management and Personal Development Section. This article describes the activities of this newest SOA Section.

Description: This article summarizes the October 11, 1973 meeting of the Actuaries’ Club of Boston devoted to a discussion on the education of actuaries. George L. Hogeman,Pesident of Paul Revere Life, noted that while insurance industry management was generally satisfied with the work of the actuary, there were a number of shortcomings of actuaries, including a reluctance to utilize new techniques and a lack of much needed communication skills. In a very articulate presentation, Denis W. Loring, Actuarial Associate at John Hancock [representing the actuarial students], expressed the consensus he had reached with his fellow students. They felt that management development training and an awareness of EDP constraints and opportunities were missing from the syllabus. He stressed the need to gear exam preparation toward problem solving and felt that the actuary should be much more in the forefront in developing research techniques. The E and E Committee members, rather than defending the existing educational system, added to the number of problem areas pointed out by prior speakers. Deficiencies in the syllabus were noted for underwriting, investment and finance, and marketing and advanced underwriting. It was felt that the effect of the insurance industry involvement in providing broader financial services should be considered in future syllabus changes.

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