Description: Announces the first major grant awarded to the newly formed Society of Actuaries Foundation to fund the development, production, and distribution costs for a major book on financial economic theory as it applies to the work of actuaries.

Description: This article discusses how dynamic financial analysis, also known as dynamic solvency testing, as new field of practice that can use actuarial expertise.

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.

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

Description: This article is a biography on Bill Ryan, who is the head of a movie production company, and the son of Allan Ryan, FSA

Description: This article discusses actuaries and their hobbies, in this case, sports cars.

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

Description: Announcement of a fund in memory of James C. Anderson that will support research that will seek out work that is visionary, iconoclastic, or innovative in finance, and actuarial science.

Description: Discusses the evolution of the Valuation Actuaries Symposium since the 1980s.