Description: This article is about pet insurance. In the past two years, the major U.S. pet insurer has doubled the number of policies in force to 75,000, while many thousands of other cats and dogs are insured by regional HMOs formed by veterinarians.

Description: This article discusses the volunteerism activities of seven actuaries, both within and outside of the actuarial community, and encourages wider member participation along with ideas for volunteer activities. From The Actuary 2000, Vol. 34, No. 2

Description: This article announced the Executive Director for the SOA hired in 2000. Sarah J. Sanford, an executive with 20 years' experience in health care and association management, answered questions for The Actuary. From: The Actuary, January 2000, volume 34, issue 1.

Description: This article looks at the options for terminally ill people with life insurance - loans, accelerated benefit options, and viaticals - and asks why more actuaries are not involved.

Description: This article presents an overview of the viatical/life settlement business including the current pricing, regulatory, tax and investment considerations.

Description: Discusses the SOA's explorations into utilizing technology in continuing education.

Description: This article notes that some actuarial educators observe that Courses 3 and 4 in the SOA’s new education and examination system will demand more study time from students than the former courses did and, therefore, will call for more help and understanding from the students’ employers.

Description: This article is a profile of actress Wendy Kilbourne, who is the daughter of Fred Kilbourne, FSA and past president of the CAS.

Description: This article discusses the redesign issues surrounding the new education and examination structure.

Description: Discussion as to whether within an organization an actuary's regulatory role can conflict with his business-oriented role or be aligned with the strategic goals of the company.