Description: This article updates the reader on the activities of the recently formed International Committee of the Joint Risk Management Section. With global webinars and more activities, this committee is ensuring the risk management word is spread throughout the world.

Description: Profile of an actuary who has helped restock shad and Atlantic salmon in the Connecticut and Farmington rivers watersheds.; Profile of an actuary who is a concert-level classical guitarist.

Description: Own risk and solvency assessment (ORSA) is emerging as a requirement for insurance companies in many countries. Enterprise risk management is also being used in banking and other industries. This provides an opportunity for actuaries to expand further into other industries, especially with the CERA credential.

Description: A summary of a preliminary report from the Committee on Valuation and Related Problems, on guidelines for quantifying balance sheet items in an insurance enterprise.

Description: Since 1966, the Society of Actuaries has been an affiliate of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences. This article gives an overview of what the Conference Board is, what it does.

Description: As part of its research efforts, the Society of Actuaries frequently partners with other associations, companies and universities, and through the North American Actuarial Council (NAAC). This article discusses recent efforts and projects of the NAAC.

Description: Benefits of belonging to SOA special interest sections.

Description: Education department article that outlines the new SOA General Insurance fellowship track that puts the SOA in the position of offering actuarial education in the full range of actuarial practice areas.

Description: This article examines the number of years people have served on the SOA Board and categorizes these people in various ways in order to determine if there is a leadership establishment at the SOA.

Description: A description of the election process within the SOA, the role of the Board of Governors, and how the process has evolved from an on-the-spot balloting process to a mail-in process.