Description: SOA education is continually evolving to meet the current and future needs of candidates, members, employers and the public. The presenters will review recent changes and preview what is to come in 2020.

Description: Full version of The Independent Consultant Newsletter, February 2006, Issue No. 10.

Description: Our ability to think and act quickly serves us well on a day-to-day basis. When we're faced with long-term, impactful decisions, we need to think differently. The very behaviors that enable us to react quickly to our daily work can make us jump to the wrong conclusion when exploring new topics. Cognitive biases--systematic tendencies to derivate from rational calculations--can hinder our abilities to conduct open dialogue and process new and different opinions. A 'de-bias' strategic decision-making process can help take bias out of meetings and lead to better outcomes. The presenters will provide behavioral tools and insights to attendees who need to participate or lead discussions that are part of a big-bet decision.

Description: Marcus highlights the council’s activities during the 2009-2010 council year, and gives a well deserved thanks to the SOA staff and the members of the council and its teams for their support and hard work toward a very productive year.

Description: Marcus Robertson gives us a rundown of key results from the recent survey conducted by the Pension Section Council’s Communications Team.

Description: Experienced actuaries will discuss various ethical problems faced by retirement actuaries in everyday practice. Actuaries practicing in other consulting disciplines will find the broad concepts of dealing with these retirement-specific scenarios instructive in dealing with the ethical dilemmas that may occur in their business.

Description: This presentation from Session 69 of the SOA May 2004 Anaheim Spring Meeting discusses the application of financial economics on smaller pension plans, in particular, those of private and nonprofit organizations. Panelists address agency cost, closely held corporation issues, impact of bundled service arrangements and investment constraints From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 1.

Description: This paper discusses the advantages of networking for a small actuarial consulting firm generally, and the value that membership in Independent Actuaries Network provides specifically.

Description: In this article, Pension Section Council chairperson Marcus Robertson reviews 2009, looks forward to 2010, thanks departing council members and welcomes incoming members.