Description: Discusses the Future Education Methods, FEM, White Paper.

Description: Highlights a visit made by the President of the Society of Actuaries to the Far East. Specifically, he shares his learnings about the actuarial profession in Shanghai, Bejjing, Hong Kong and Taipei, locations that contain more than 6 percent of the SOA membership.

Description: Announces that Ian Rolland, chairman and CEO of Lincoln National Corporation, recently agreed to serve as campaign chair of the Society of Actuaries Foundation's initial member fundraising campaign. This is a recent question and answer column.

Description: This is a book review of Charles L. Trowbridge's new monograph on the Fundamental Concepts of Actuarial Science. This monograph may help shape actuarial standards and principles for the next 100 years.

Description: This article reflects on the discipline agreement signed by the CIA and the U.S.-based actuarial organizations, intended to avoid multiple disciplinary investigations arising out of a single complaint, inquiry or incident involving an alleged breach of the professional standards of the CIA and/or the U.S.-based organizations.

Description: An article comparing today’s actuarial candidates to those of 40 years ago.

Description: This article is little more than a teaser excerpted from a three-page statement of policy on research adopted by the SOA Executive Committee in September 1981.

Description: Excerpts from the Presidential Address of Emory McClintock, delivered at the meeting of the Actuarial Society of America in 1897. Words he might give to any expert young mathematician who might present himself as having actuarial work in view.