Description: Discusses what a personal actuary is and what one typically does.

Description: The goal of the session was to provide actuaries with an overview of the experiences of being an independent actuary and several details to be considered when setting up your own business.

Description: This article is an interview with Phelim Boyle, an educator, actuary, PhD, author, financial engineer and recipient of the IAFE/ SunGard Financial Engineer of the Year Award and perhaps best known for his research into Monte Carlo methods.

Description: The author notes a concern for broad risk management in our society, which he names Societal Risk Management, as witnessed by the creation of the department of homeland security and suggests how actuarial expertise can help.

Description: In this article, the author talks about fulfilling his childhood dreams of becoming a baseball statistician. After 21 years as a life actuary, the last 14 as an investment specialist, the author decided to pursue that fantasy, although in a way he couldn’t have imagined as a teenager. He retired from his job and started an adventure as a fantasy sports analyst [which abbreviates, coincidentally, to F.S.A.].

Description: This is an interview with Steve Vernon, FSA, MAAA, who runs his own business for helping people live long and prosper–financially, emotionally and with respect to their health. His contribution to society is to use his actuarial expertise and communication skills to help the baby boom generation face these challenges.

Description: John Dewan, FSA, and his non-traditional career into baseball and STATS

Description: In this article, Sam Phillips interviews Charles McClenahan, who provides litigation support and expert testimony, primarily as a ‘pioneer’ in the field of casualty actuarial forensics. McClenahan describes the type of work he does, which includes ‘cases involving actuarial malpractice, insurance company solvency standards, anti–trust, intellectual property, fraud, voidable preference, damages modeling, applicability of actuarial standards, reinsurance collectability and, in one case, arson and murder.’

Description: The August/September 2014 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: The October/November 2013 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.