Description: In this session 350F of the New York Annual Meeting the panel examines, in Q&A format, issues related to the new education system scheduled to take effect in the year 2000. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.c

Description: In the past few years, SoA members and leaders have raised questions about future needs for actuarial skills, globalization of markets, and the appropriate focus of the present education system in preparing actuaries for their professional futures. As a consequence of these questions, the SoA Board of Governors set aside a major portion of its January 1994 meeting to discuss the education of actuaries, with primary consideration being given to a longer horizon than the immediate future. Chris Daykin, representing the Institute of Actuaries, reported that the Institute was incorporating fundamental changes to its basic Education and Examination [E&E] system. These changes were aimed at focusing more on fundamental principles and away from details of practice.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This session provides up-to-date information on the redesign effort and the governing principles that guide the design process.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This session is intended to provide up-to-date information on the redesign effort and the governing principles that guide the design process.

Description: Brown, who has used this book for two years at University of Waterloo, provides his review.

Description: This article is about the International Actuarial Association [IAA] issuing its first International Standard of Actuarial Practice.

Description: This special session 72OF of the Dallas Spring Meeting is structured in a guided forum style, much like a town meeting, and led by SOA President Robert L. Brown. It is designed to cover issues vital to the proposed Strategic Plan of the SOA. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 72OF

Description: This session provides up-to-date information on the education/examination redesign effort. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 1.

Description: The recent Forecast 2000 forum on the environment held in Toronto dealt with such issues as increased taxes and higher insurance premiums to cover costs of natural disasters.

Description: Panelists discuss current efforts at the redesign of the Education and Examination syllabus. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.