Description: This article is part of a series that periodically highlights personal careers and offers new perspectives on actuarial job paths. It features John R. Thompson, one of two deputy superintendents in Canada’s Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. In addition, he chairs the executive committee of an international organization that sets standards for insurance supervisors worldwide.

Description: This article discusses the pros and cons of high speed electronic transfer of medical data, and the implications this technology may have on health actuaries.

Description: This article reviews the results of the first SOA study of large medical claims, defined as claims greater than $25,000.

Description: This article discusses the results from the 1999 SOA member survey. The survey's findings send some clear signals about approaches to developing new and better programs and improving current ones. from The Actuary, February 2000, volume 34, issue 2.

Description: This article discusses the new Kassebaum-Kennedy bill a.k.a. HIPPA and looks at future of individual health insurance plans, which will be determined at the state level.

Description: This article is about a session held at the October 1996 annual meeting, which focused on how actuaries can move beyond traditional employers.

Description: This article summarizes the results of a Delphi study amoung SOA Futurism Section members about the actuarial profession and the U.S. economy and other matters in the years 2010 and 2050.

Description: This article examines the issues, trends and opportunities associated with life insurance distribution.

Description: Summary of testimony by an AAA Board member before a congressional subcommittee, as an expert on risk assessment and adjustment, especially in relation to Medicare risk contracting and HMO payments. She recommended: mitigating the geographical region values, credibility weights for payments to health plans, carving out high cost claim segments, reengineering the ACR methodology, shifting AAPCC methodology from fee-for-service toward competitive bidding, and further projects to improve risk methods.

Description: Each year, one six-day annual event in the United States attracts 5,000 scientists as well as other individuals with a strong interest in science. The Society of Actuaries was formally represented this year for the first time at the event, the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science [AAAS], held Feb. 12-17, 1998 in Philadelphia. An eminent panel discussed the 1997-98 SOA research project, 'Impact of Mortality Improvement on Social Security: Canada, Mexico, and the United States.' The SOA’s session was entitled 'Social Security in the NAFTA Countries: What if People Stop Dying?' This article summarizes that presentation.