Description: background history of the insurance industry and the role of actuaries within it, followed by the current environment and anticipated future environment.

Description: The Society of Actuaries established the Board of Publications which proudly announces the birth of the Record. This publication will contain all presentations and discussions at Concurrent Sessions during meetings plus transcripts of some addresses, lectures, and teaching sessions.

Description: Shares content from the book, Jobs Rated Almanac, published by World Almanac, on the actuarial profession. This book ranks 250 professions and has rated actuary as the best job in America.

Description: Discusses speech by Professor Chastain of Drake University on recruiting and what attracts recent graduates to particular jobs.

Description: This is an amusing excerpt from a collection of poems by Bertie Ramsbottom describing the career of a consultant.

Description: Provides some history on two of America's earliest actuaries.

Description: This article describes the Society's Special Committee on Career Consultation. This Committee was established with the charge to examine the feasibility and desirability of the Society's establishing a career consultation service, or placement service, to aid actuaries in obtaining the type of work which may be best suited to their potential capabilities.

Description: This article describes the membership of the SOA outside of the United Sates. An informal count places the number of such members in active practice at 406.

Description: A British actuaries perspective on what could happen should two reserve/accounting basis exist that could lead to reducing the strength of statutory accounting and perhaps the financial strength of North American insurance companies. Some might find similarities to what might happen during the transition to principles based statutory accounting.

Description: Interview featuring Andrew Lin the SOA’s youngest FSA to date.