Description: This article discusses the role that actuaries can play in health care mergers and acquisitions.

Description: A report of the recent meeting of the International Forum of Actuarial Associations IFAA highlighting actuarial education, accounting standards and the organization's business plan.

Description: A Canadian actuary discusses the International Forum of Actuarial Associations IFAA, a section of the IAA, and highlights its support of professionalism, actuarial practice and actuarial education.

Description: In this article the author encourages actuaries to shop for books on Amazon by way of www.contingencies.org. By doing so 'Contingencies' receives a commission to help fund minority scholarships. From: The Actuary, October 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 08.

Description: The author gives a history of the role of the actuary in England from the mid-19th century to current times and offers thoughts on the future of the actuarial profession.

Description: Name correction to previous article November 1981 The Actuary

Description: This article describes the process used when it has been determined that a new or revised study note is needed for the examination process.

Description: This article that demonstrates least squares conveniently. When in the course of preparing statements it becomes necessary to estimate a minor item from prior years' data, here is a quick method easily taught to non-statisticians.

Description: This article chronicles those who have had the FSA designation for 50 years or more, now numbering 100.

Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1985 – Volume No. 19, Issue No. 5 that talks about the Individual Life Insurance and Annuity Product Development section.