Description: A roundtable discussion of changes in the nature of actuarial work and the skills actuaries will need to be successful in the future.

Description: Noteworthy Reads has a simple aim—to inform our readers of good sources on models; specifically, to point out sources beyond what we can include in a newsletter. Noteworthy Reads will select a few and provide mini-reviews.

Description: Discusses the direction for actuarial research in the areas of experience studies, theory, and practice.

Description: This is a short poem regarding actuarial predictions.

Description: A summary of the Annual Meeting session, “Skills Needed to Survive the Recession.”

Description: Our paradigm constrains our view of the world, but also provides guidance on how we address and solve problems.

Description: After an initial SOA Board review of the proposal in March 2016, there were further meetings of the Task Force and additional feedback received from employers and actuarial associations. There was approval of the transition rules and Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA) requirements by the Education Executive Group.

Description: This article is about the challenging role of the actuary in business and how Canada's resolution to this challenge can benefit the profession as a whole.

Description: In the U.S. in the late 1980’s, the Internal Revenue Service was taking steps to try to institute explicit boundaries for the actuarial assumptions being used in 'funding' valuations to determine the appropriate contribution levels for small pension plans. This article was written in the context of that environment, to defend the rights of actuaries to their professional judgement. The courts eventually supported this perspective.

Description: In the midst of the financial crisis, a group of actuaries, representing the Joint Risk Management Section, the Investment Section, the International Network of Actuarial Risk Managers, and the Enterprise Risk Management Institute International published an extensive list of articles entitled, “Risk Management: The Current Financial Crisis, Lessons Learned and Future Implications”.