Description: This is the second installment of a two-part series. Part I was published in the July 2023 issue of The Stepping Stone and provided guidance on how a new (re)insurance company can build an attractive work environment for actuarial talent. In part II we will focus on how to encourage those actuaries to remain with the company in the long run.

Description: The death of John S. Thompson shortly after his 95th birthday, reported in our January issue, caused us to wonder whether he was the oldest Fellow whose death is recorded in the Transactions.

Description: Andy Rallis delivers his speech at the presidential luncheon of the SOA 2019 SOA Annual Meeting & Exhibit in Toronto.

Description: This is an article about a survey sent to Long-Term Care section members and the survey results.

Description: Section chairperson takes a look back at how he became involved, through volunteering, with the SOA and encourages section members to do the same.

Description: Non-routine business transacted at meetings of the SOA Executive Committee on March 34 and May 28, and the Board of Governors on April 13.

Description: Early in 1982 our Committee sought the views of a random sample of 1,158 Fellows on the Society's election process. 776 67% of these questionnaires came in thus we got answers from one-sixth of all our Fellows to a series of questions that were expressed in agree-disagree form. This article summarizes the results of the survey.

Description: Regular column written by the chairperson of the Health Section Council.

Description: This article is a thank you letter to all people who volunteered to administer and supervise examinations. It is also an encouragement for people to continue volunteering.

Description: Historical background on John Ruskin, the man responsible for the motto of the Society of Actuaries: “The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances and demonstrations for impressions.”