Description: Profile of an actuary who has helped restock shad and Atlantic salmon in the Connecticut and Farmington rivers watersheds.; Profile of an actuary who is a concert-level classical guitarist.

Description: The Society of Actuaries’ Project Oversight Group for research on economic assumptions has prepared a survey seeking input on economic assumptions needed to make a projection of a company's operation.

Description: Frank Redington, the author of the article, reminiscenses of the origin of immunisation beginning in 1951.

Description: This article examines the dynamic environment of the health care system in the United States and the challenges facing the health actuary.

Description: Feature article that discusses the importance of developing a risk tolerance statement.

Description: Real estate practitioners are increasingly using “economic location,” rather than “geographic location,” as their primary analytic tool. That trend has gained substantial support among academics and practitioners who believe “economic location” is a more effective basis on which to build the analysis of risk in real estate portfolios.

Description: Feature article discussing the SOA’s Retirement 20/20 initiative.

Description: This is a discussion of the Life–Cycle Model, findings from behavioral finance, managing risks post–retirement, the role of government, software and some perspectives on the future.

Description: This article describes the program at the new College of Insurance in New York.

Description: A summary of a preliminary report from the Committee on Valuation and Related Problems, on guidelines for quantifying balance sheet items in an insurance enterprise.