Description: Read the April 2020 issue of Expanding Horizons, published by the Education and Research Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Article from The Actuary September 1992 – Volume 26, No. 7 is about the CIA hosting the 24th ICA

Description: This article discusses a 1999 white paper, 'A Partnership between the Academic Community and the Actuarial Profession.' The ultimate goal was to create uniformity in education such that qualified actuaries would be recognized regardless of where they qualified. From: The Actuary, October 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 08.

Description: Panel examines ideas to enhance the relationship between the actuarial profession and the academic community. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: Update on Health Section research projects and topics, including health care reform, complexity science, and strategic planning.

Description: The article describes a new professional experience course in actuarial science at the University of Toronto, including details on its key building blocks and student assessments. It also discusses different teaching modes (in-person vs. online). It should be of interest to institutions looking to add industry internships and experiential learning into their actuarial education.

Description: A recent study sheds light on the measurement and implications of the relationship between increased morbidity and declining disability. The results were not consistent across all populations. This study of the compression of morbidity is part of a wider project called the M-project, led by the four authors, which aims to explore the demographic factors leading to an increase in the adult longevity, investigate the phenomenon called the compression of mortality and develop a new methodological approach to longevity analysis with focus on the modal age at death M.

Description: From a session at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999 Panelists discussed recent insurance developments throughout Latin America

Description: Article from The Actuary June 1990 – Volume 24, No. 6 is about actuaries volunteering in underdeveloped countries

Description: This article announces Stephen Ross, the Sterling Professor of Economics and Finance in the School of Organization and Management at Yale University, creator of the Arbitrage Pricing Theory, as the speaker at the opening general session at the Actuarial Approach for Financial Risks AFIR Colloquium.