Description: This article summarizes the results of a Delphi study amoung SOA Futurism Section members about the actuarial profession and the U.S. economy and other matters in the years 2010 and 2050.

Description: It is the author's opinion that the SOA needs to provide a broad-based education for those who want to be trained as a corporate/chief actuary, and that each actuary needs to determine whether he/she wants to be a 'big fish in a small pond or a little fish in a big lake.' From: The Actuary, April 2000 – volume 34 - Issue 4.

Description: The article notes that the Society of Actuaries has been invited as one of four new members on the Joint Ad Hoc Committee on Government Statistics JAHCOGS, and tells Society members “if you use government statistics - if you would like data to be available to you before they are outdated - if you have doubts about the quality or accuracy of data and/or analyses - if you are concerned about costs to industry and taxpayers of information gathering - if you have ideas on how to improve any phase of government statistics - here is your chance to speak out.”

Description: The updating of the syllabus of Fellowship examinations has now been accomplished. The details of the revised Fellowship syllabus are given.

Description: Humorous article on receiving an annuity

Description: Obituaries for William Alexander, Donald C. Baillie, W. Harold Bittel, Ira L. Boyle, Otto J. Burian, Alice M. Neenan, Mary C. Wilson From The Actuary Vol. 27, No.7 .

Description: An article encourages unemployed actuaries to use the SOA's free resume matching service to help find available jobs.

Description: Obituaries for Robert W. Butcher, Florence P. McLellan and Herbert A. Winters. From The Actuary Vol. 28, No. 3.

Description: Insurance accounting is in the midst of significant changes, many of which were proposed during a time of severe economic uncertainty. Given the concern about these regulations by many insurance finance executives, it is time for a re-examination of the capabilities of the financial reporting function. For insurers, actuarial components are a critical part of the financial reports, and so actuaries can be expected to play a critical role in moving the overall financial and regulatory reporting function forward. In fact, the financial and regulatory reporting function in an insurance company cannot advance significantly without actuarial expertise. This article explains how actuaries are therefore in the position of being able to help drive the evolution of a company’s finance function.

Description: This article gives a brief description of the 2011 SOA Annual Meeting held in Chicago. Also shown are briefs about the actuarial profession in the news.