Description: This is the index for papers and presentations published in this volume.

Description: Panelists discuss the demand for actuaries in the 21st Century, what actuaries will be doing in the 21st Century, and implications for the selection, education and training of actuaries. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 4A.

Description: This is a presidential address to the Society of Actuaries by Wendell A. Milliman. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21, Pt. 1, No. 61.

Description: The insurance industry is in a constant state of transformation. As organizations adapt to the effects of COVID-19, undergo modernization efforts and implement new technologies, soft or “human” skills are becoming key differentiators for success. Skills such as communication, empathy, storytelling, leadership, problem-solving and more are separating the good from the great actuaries. Those who possess these skillsets can better translate data and most efficiently leverage systems and teams. At the same time, by taking a human approach to modernization efforts, leaders will be able to best engage and motivate their workforces, while building teams that will excel in the future of work.

Description: This table of contents from the Record Vol. 17, No. 3A, is a partial listing of sessions form the Colorado Springs Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5, 1991. The rest of the sessions are in the Record Vol. 17, No. 3B.

Description: This document is a listing of workshops and other sessions from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto, for which no written record was made, with the names of those who served as leaders. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 Instructors share insights into how actuaries can successfully market themselves within their own organizations to enhance their effectiveness and receive the acknowledgment, professional respect, and recognition they deserve.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 The instructor led participants in a discussion of examples of inappropriate communications and the impact on individuals and organizations. A model showing the relationship between perception and intent was demonstrated.

Description: This presentation is a lecture, session number 8L, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 14-15 in San Antonio, TX. The speakers discuss the increased competition in the financial services industry for risk-management roles, decreased influence of actuaries in the insurance world, increased criticism of actuarial techniques in the media and press e.g., pensions, and how the actuarial profession is reacting. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting explains the need for a completely new text book with a more modern approach for life contingencies or actuarial mathematics to replace the book by Jordan. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 4.