Description: A look at the career and accomplishments of Julia Philips, the only health actuary employed at the Minnesota Department of Commerce. She believes her learn-by-doing attitude has allowed her to build a career she enjoys, which includes her to work to promote consumer protection, volunteer with many organizations, and implement health reform.

Description: Discusses the emerging role of personal actuary.

Description: This discussion is about the litigation risks pension actuaries face, and the standards of care actuaries should take to protect themselves from malpractice and errors & omissions 'E&O' claims. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 2.

Description: Review of 2010 events and accomplishments of the Untapped Opportunities work group for the Health Section: market research analyzing the perceptions and potential roles of actuaries in the broader health care industry, educational programs on medical and clinical matters, planned research destined to expand brand awareness of health actuaries, and building organizational partnerships.

Description: This table of contents from the Record Vol. 17, No. 4A, is a partial listing of sessions form the Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23, 1991 in Toronto. The rest of the sessions are in the Record Vol. 17, No. 4B.

Description: The article discusses the sustainability of the ACA individual market from a public entitlement standpoint. A key point of measuring sustainability is the reliance on market forces rather than federal budget constraints. The article explains why an actuarial viewpoint of sustainability is necessary to a greater extent than other public assistance and social insurance programs. The article challenges actuaries to be a bold, objective voice in a space that is full of opinionated but often uninformed viewpoints.

Description: Regulators share their perspective on a variety of issues including statutory reserve related issues. From a session at the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, September 19–20, 2002

Description: Career changes typically follow a major milestone—a promotion, a job offer, a new degree, maybe a cross-country move. For Patrick Getzen, exposure to some new perspectives ignited a shift.

Description: From a panel discussion session at the annual meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Chicago, Illinois, October 15-18, 2000 The panelists discussed recent trends in actuarial employment including: · Telecommuting · Actuarial consulting via the Internet · Actuaries working in banks and other financial institutions · Other opportunities such as reinsurance brokers, recruiters, and life agency employees

Description: Exploration of sources of volatility in retiree health valuations, noting how volatility arises and might be mitigated, with discussion of valuation parameters more problematic for retiree health benefits than for pensions. Three significant influences on retiree health valuation volatility are covered-- changes in benefit level, fluctuations in cost level, and alterations in eligibility for, or duration of, benefit – and attention focused on the last two. Specific conclusions result in recommendations, which are supported by practical examples contrasting volatile measurement results with those likely from the recommended practices. Theoretical discussion includes health claim variation, health trend usage, financial economics, option pricing, discount rates, and deterministic vs. stochastic modeling.