Description: This article reviews the examination syllabi by the Institute of Actuaries and the Faculty of Actuaries and compares them to the Society of Actuaries' Syllabus of Examinations bearing in mind the different educational backgrounds of the United Kingdom and of the United States.

Description: Benefits of belonging to SOA special interest sections.

Description: This is an interview with Ken Guthrie, the Society of Actuaries Senior Director of Education, regarding the new structure of the Education Department.

Description: In this article, outgoing Society of Actuaries President, Anna M. Rappaport, reviews the Society's accomplishments during the past year and describes its plans for the future.

Description: This article describes the major initiatives which the Society of Actuaries has embarked on to assure that actuarial science and actuaries will be highly valued in the next century. Often called the 'redesign of the actuary,' this process has at its center the development of a new educational and examination system.

Description: This article describes the author's impressions from attending a 5-week actuarial educational seminar for the purpose of passing the SOA Part 8 Exam. From The Actuary, December 1971, Vol. 5, No. 10.

Description: Speakers and other attractions at the 2013 Annual Meeting.

Description: Article from The Actuary, January 1972 – volume 6 - Issue 1 that talks about the actuarial science program at Georgia State University.

Description: Over the years, much of the Society of Actuaries exam-related discussion has centered on structure, such as the number of tracks, many small exams versus a small number of large exams, ways to incorporate professionalism and nontechnical skills. Lost in those discussions is the process of continually improving the exams themselves. This article uses questions from old and new exams to show how the written-answer fellowship exams have changed to expect candidates to demonstrate higher level skills than in the past.

Description: This article summarizes the non-routine actions taken by the Society of Actuaries Board of Governors at their May, 1983 meeting.