Description: Discusses four areas of interest: Alternative Examination References, Validation by Educational Experience, Academic Program Accreditation, and an Alternate Route.

Description: Most discussions of actuarial education focus on 'what actuaries need to know'– the knowledge content. This is akin to discussing say mortality by considering just one relevant factor [perhaps age]. Reflecting on more than a quarter of a century teaching thousands of actuarial students in eight countries across many cultures suggests that a curriculum is much more than a list of syllabus topics and that a realistic model of student learning needs to acknowledge many more factors than just the knowledge content and the 'ability' of the student. This paper summarises what the author has learned about learning. From that basis it identifies some challenges for actuarial educators, especially in the areas of the development of students’ skills, the assessment of students’ learning and the 'shape' of actuarial education. The relationship between universities and actuarial bodies is also discussed.

Description: This is a presentation from 45th Actuarial Research Conference, Vancouver, 7/26-28/2010. This presentation introduces the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia’s new methodology for predicting average premium levels. It discusses the premium forecasting using Principal Components Analysis PCA.

Description: This 1997 presentation from the 32nd Actuarial Research Conference provides background on the work of the Society of Actuaries' Research Effectiveness Task Force [RETF] and presents the current status of that work in order to set the stage for breakout sessions during which Conference attendees have an opportunity to provide input to the SOA research effectiveness review.

Description: These are the meeting minutes from the Eastern Spring Meeting held in Philadelphia, PA on April 10-11, 1958.

Description: In this teaching session at the 1975 Society of Actuaries Los Angeles Spring Meeting, the presenter provides suggestions on how to make a more effective speech. Noting that our training and experience as actuaries provides us with the content for a presentation, this session focuses on the method and style of the presentation.

Description: From the 1986 Transactions Vol. 38, this document is the minutes of the Regional Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held in Kansas City June 12-13, 1986.

Description: This is the financial report for the 1992-1993 year and contains the statement of financial condition for assets and liabilities and membership equity, statement of revenues and expenses, statement of cash flows, and the notes to the financial statements prepared by Seldon, Fox and Associates, LTD. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1993, Vol. 45.

Description: Table of contents for the Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 1 in Dallas on April 4-6, 1990.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Hartford Spring Meeting is about incentive compensation in the life insurance industry including the need for such plans, plan design issues and performance measures.