Description: Article Editorial by Vogel in The Actuary, December 1979, Volume 13, Number 10. Actuary aspires to be a highly valued professional in the general public.

Description: The 2017 direction for the Small Company Section of the SOA

Description: An overview of the newsletter articles, as well as the introduction of a new feature: Modeler Q&A

Description: The basic thesis of this paper is that student capability to iNteract with new problems can be significantly increased by frequently exposing them to Written derivations, verbal-Intuitive justification of formulae and core sets of Comprehensive techniques by which to approach problems. Both instructor composition of problem resources for presentation and student practice of these problem resources can be achieved by semi-mechanical procedures accessible to everyone. For brevity we shall refer to this type of instruction by the acronym WINC. Presented at the 30th Actuarial Research Conference, August 17-19, 1995, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania

Description: Update on section activities from the chairperson.

Description: August 2017 Crossword Puzzle.

Description: This article continues the Passing the Torch Interview Series. Linda Liu and Amanda Jacques invite Simon Curtis, currently president of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) and recently joined Deloitte as a partner in their Toronto office after a long career at Manulife. Simon shares with us his career experience and talks about the changes and challenges facing the actuarial profession.

Description: Update on section activities and new leaders.

Description: Section chair Jeff Passmore encourages active participation in the section.

Description: Read an interview with SOA presidential candidate Barnet N. Berin, Managing Director and Chief Actuary for William M. Mercer, Inc. Article from The Actuary, Volume 24, Issue 7