Description: This article examines the dynamic environment of the health care system in the United States and the challenges facing the health actuary.

Description: Discusses bancassurance in the United States, after providing a brief background about it in Europe.

Description: Feature article describing the need and reasoning for the new SOA Section, Social Insurance and Public Finance.

Description: James Toole reviews Mike Cowell's book, Cyberbug. The story follows an imaginary actuary and his family into the 21st century and tells how the dramatic changes around them alter their lives.

Description: This is a book review of 'The Man Who Loved Only Numbers' by Paul Hoffman, past editor of Discover magazine and publisher of Encyclopedia Britannica. Of relevance to actuaries is the fact that the book's main character, Paul Erdos, pioneered techniques for mathematical proofs using probabilistic methods, now known as Monte Carlo methods. Throughout the book, we are reintroduced to timeless problems familiar to most actuaries.