Description: A real life business dilemma faced by an actuary is presented, and readers are invited to answer "What Would You Do?"

Description: Leadership writing contest entry for Admirable Leader category. Lessons in the importance of speaking up from Alexander Hamilton.

Description: A pension actuary and a life actuary collaborate to express public pension liability and asset issues in terms and figures that an insurer would use

Description: A real life situation is posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision, and readers are invited to submit their responses to "What Would You Do?" This issue’s case study involved a tricky decision faced by a hiring manager as to whether or not to extend a job offer.

Description: Summary of interview with Bob Collett and Fred Kilbourne regarding their work on the Critical Review of the U.S. Actuarial Profession

Description: We will demonstrate three analytical tools along with a sample case study showing how they might be applied to a fictional actuarial organization within ABC Life. The goal is to highlight how they might be applied to perform a health check of an actuarial function organizational design. This can measure effectiveness quantitatively via benchmarking how an actuarial function might stack up against the industry and management expectations. The tools and techniques are critical for actuarial leaders and managers but are also relevant to all actuaries, since we can all benefit from understanding how our individual work efforts fit into the bigger picture of an organization.

Description: This article addresses how to best use body language to one's advantage

Description: Mindful data visualizations show the end users the end way in how to analyze and interpret your data. More importantly, they can then use this data they see to drive decisions and modeling going forward.

Description: Newsletter editor note introducing the edition and offering commentary.

Description: Vision and objectives and projects for the International Section.