Description: 0ne of Hartford’s more neglected assets is its jai-alai “fronton”, or arena. Jai-alai is a fast-paced Basque sport, on which betting is legalized in several slates. Its scoring system presents a fascinating actuarial puzzle, in pursuit of which many area students have invested significant time, effort and computer expense. This article summarizes the rules of the game, the scoring system and poses the question as to whether a team's chances of winning can be analytically determined. Note: This is the first of two articles. The second is in the February 1984 issue.

Description: This is the first in a series of profiles of members of the Society of Actuaries' Board of Governors. This first profile is on Steve Radcliffe.

Description: A look at the outlook for the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and its view of education and examination issues.

Description: Feature article describing what author thinks it will take for a life insurance company to be successful in the year 2020.

Description: Increasing technology is available to create and disseminate educational resources worldwide. In response, this article advocates creation of open educational resources (OERs) that will benefit the actuarial profession with both recruitment and retention of members. Specifically, we describe OER contributions made at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and more recently through the ASTIN Academy, a working group of ASTIN, the non-life section of the International Actuarial Association. We advocate pushing boundaries and creating new ways of teaching effectively for the future. The innovative use of technology and open-source materials is a way to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in the actuarial profession.

Description: This is a notice is a call of papers reflecting actuarial and insurance related themes.

Description: The article contains a description of the Emerging Topics Community. The focus of the article is what is a community, what makes the Emerging Topics Community special, and benefits of the Community. Included after the discussion on the community are ways to get involved and be a part of the community.

Description: One of the most fundamental concepts in actuarial practice is the time value of money. For any work in which future cash flows are allowed for, such as reserving or pricing, it is natural to discount to present values so that an appropriate amount of money can be set aside today, allowing for future investment returns. This article discusses yield curve extrapolation methods along with the benefits and drawbacks of these methods.

Description: Book review of A Whack on the Side of the Head, which has lots of ideas for thinking creatively.

Description: In this article, the author exhorts the actuarial community to move toward a more research-oriented culture, much like that which exists in the UK.