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  • Forty Years in the Wilderness
    high fees, disappointing returns, prohibitive annuity prices, biased advice and investment challenges ... ask what can be done. All options will be on the table—as long as they don’t entail DB employee benefit ...

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    • Authors: Douglas Chandler
    • Date: May 2020
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • What Would You Do? “Too Close For Comfort?”
    What Would You Do? “Too Close For Comfort?” A compilation of reader responses is presented to ... leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved an actuarial hiring decision.

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: May 2020
    • Competency: Leadership
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • Rev. Proc. 2019-10: New Guidance on Changes in the Basis of Determining Life Insurance Reserves
    Rev. Proc. 2019-10: New Guidance on Changes in the Basis of Determining Life Insurance Reserves ... as outlined in Revenue Procedure 2019-10, the IRS’s December 2018 guidance on the subject, and discusses ...

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    • Authors: Robert M Nelson, Sheryl Flum
    • Date: Jun 2019
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Taxing Times
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers; Life Insurance
  • Society of Actuaries Announces Recipients of 2020 Student Research Case Study Challenge
    this actuarial case study competition. This year’s topic focused on an actuarial valuation of carbon ... 1889, the Society of Actuaries (SOA) is the world’s largest actuarial professional organization with more ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: May 2020
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • The SOA and CAS Increase Their Support to IABA Programs
    earlier this year found that participants of IABA’s scholarship and Boot Camp programs had an increased ... succeed in existing, expanded, and new roles. IABA’s members include Fellows, Associates and students of ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Dec 2019
    • Competency: Leadership; Professional Values
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • Society of Actuaries Announces Two Canadian University Programs with University-Earned Credit Status
    several important programs aimed at supporting the SOA’s strategic efforts to grow the actuarial profession ... 1889, the Society of Actuaries (SOA) is the world’s largest actuarial professional organization with more ...

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    • Date: Mar 2024
    • Competency: Professional Values; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • The Actuary Revealed
    "INDIVIDUAL LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES IN THE 1980'S" The above will be the theme of the So- ciety's ... the general direction of individual life and annuity business; (2) paint a picture of what our busi- ...

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    • Authors: George R Dinney
    • Date: Mar 1979
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • Seven Trends That Will Change Your Future—Part One
    in 2015; this represents about 3 percent of the U.S. workforce, a 115 percent increase since 2005.5 Howev- ... per day, is one of the biggest indicators of mortality risk and is 10 times more in- dicative than smoking ...

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    • Authors: Taylor Patterson
    • Date: Aug 2020
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • What Would You Do? Is It a Red Flag?
    What Would You Do? Is It a Red Flag? A real life situation is posed involving a management, ... Franklin, what would you do? Would you consider Samantha’s “push” a red flag, or a professional negotiation to ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Nov 2023
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers