Description: The author discusses and provides an example of how some companies’ enterprise risk management (ERM) programs are designed and implemented in ways that can unwittingly weaken the organization.

Description: An over view of recent revisions to Social Security, and their implications to the private sector of the insurance industry.

Description: This second article about ethical decision making for actuaries focuses on practical issues confronting ethical decision makers and offers some possible solutions.

Description: Explores the open vs. closed systems debate with regards to actuarial modeling and exposes the over-simplification. Valuable for anyone who uses models.

Description: An article in which the author talks about his life in Los Angeles and how riots, brush fires and an earthquake have affected him personally and professionally.

Description: The financial services industry is becoming globally integrated. This article discusses significant developments and the implications for actuaries.

Description: This article highlights how an actuary, progressed into the executive management role of CIO, and how she utilizes her actuarial skill set in her new position.

Description: Discussion as to whether within an organization an actuary's regulatory role can conflict with his business-oriented role or be aligned with the strategic goals of the company.

Description: This article discusses the need to be self-aware of our development items, and to stretch ourselves to get better in the areas that we must develop.

Description: A discussion of the efforts to implement straight through processing and standardization of the HIPAA form for long term care claims data.