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  • Becoming a More Effective Innovator
    Becoming a More Effective Innovator The author discusses aspects of innovation that may help actuaries be more effective participants in product innovation. By Jay M. Jaffe Innovation;innovator; ...
    • Authors: Jay Jaffe
    • Date: Aug 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Thought leadership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • From The EAS Chairperson: 2014 Areas of Focus—Service and Change
    From The EAS Chairperson: 2014 Areas of Focus—Service and Change The themes of service and change continue for the Entrepreneurial Actuaries Section.By Nick Ortner ; By Nick Ortner Building on ...
    • Authors: Nickolas Ortner
    • Date: Feb 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers
  • From the Chair
    From the Chair An update from the EAS chairperson on four topics of importance to all EAS members. By Thomas L. Totten Management skills By Thomas L. Totten I would like to keep everyone updated ...
    • Authors: Thomas Totten
    • Date: Nov 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • The Actuary, There and Back Again
    The Actuary, There and Back Again A discussion on business skills and education.By Thomas L. Totten Entrepreneurism=entrepreneurs By Thomas L. Totten Chapter One My career as an actuary started ...
    • Authors: Thomas Totten
    • Date: May 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism
  • From The EAS Chairperson: Service and Change Are the Continued Emphasis
    From The EAS Chairperson: Service and Change Are the Continued Emphasis The cross-section of articles in this edition of The Independent Consultant continue to build on the themes of "service" ...
    • Authors: Nickolas Ortner
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism
  • Letter From the Chair
    Letter From the Chair Life can get very busy and disruptive. So was the case with our January 2012 edition of NewsDirect, which didn't get published. Had that edition made it out the door you ...
    • Date: Sep 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: News Direct
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Excel as an IT System
    Excel as an IT System I was planning on writing this article about six months ago, and never got around to it. Then, I read an article recently published in the May 2012 edition of CompAct ...
    • Authors: Tim Heng
    • Date: Oct 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Enterprise Risk Management>Systematic risk; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Chairperson’s Corner
    Chairperson’s Corner Hopefully as a Marketing and Distribution (MaD) member you were able to attend one of our section-sponsored sessions last year in which the research we supported on the U.S.
    • Authors: Adam Vanevenhoven
    • Date: May 2014
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: News Direct
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Global Perspectives>Global markets
  • From the Editors
    From the Editors “Academic Actuaries” is a new column that has been added to the Independent Consultant lineup. Read about it and all the other content in this issue. By Stephen James and Carlos ...
    • Authors: Carlos Sanchez-Fuentes, Stephen James
    • Date: Feb 2016
    • Competency: Communication>Persuasive communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Ethical standards
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Code of Conduct; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • From The Editor
    From The Editor A brief look at each article from this edition. By Carlos Fuentes expertise;Entrepreneur ;innovation;chance;experience;education;career;leadership By Carlos Fuentes This issue is ...
    • Authors: Carlos Eduardo Fuentes
    • Date: Mar 2017
    • Competency: Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Change management; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Leadership>Thought leadership; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Strategic Insight and Integration>Management partnership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills