Description: The recent Forecast 2000 forum on the environment held in Toronto dealt with such issues as increased taxes and higher insurance premiums to cover costs of natural disasters.

Description: This article is about the passing of Christopher Wright, a great -grandson of the noted 19th century American actuary Elizur Wright.

Description: This article discusses the lack of knowledge people in general have about actuaries and the actuarial profession and the unfair and inaccurate stereotypes that are associated with it.

Description: Article The Actuary Revealed by Dinney in The Actuary, May 1979, Volume 13, Number 3

Description: An article from The Actuary that highlights Stephen C. Goss, chief actuary at the Social Security Administration, who was recently awarded the National Academy of Social Insurance's NASI first ever Robert M. Ball Award for outstanding achievements in social insurance. According to NASI, Goss exemplifies 'public service' at its very best. The Actuary asked Goss if he could give a little more of himself and answer some questions about his career, which, of course, he did.

Description: This is an editorial by the president of the SOA on the subject of how the world views actuaries.

Description: An actuary, Jim Toole, speaks out on racial disparities in infant mortality.

Description: There are challenges against the professional world today, particularly in North America and to some extent in the English-speaking Western world elsewhere. Generally speaking, the public takes the view that a profession is somewhat in the age of ancient Druids and [that these] secret societies and mythical groups [are] somehow seeking and getting occasionally, if not too frequently, privileges and preferences over the balance of the population.

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: People often describe the actuarial profession as dealing with risk. That is true, but in the case of life and health actuaries, another element may be even more important. It is the management of liabilities that accrue over time. For example, the liability associated with a group of individual life insureds increases as the group grows older.