Description: Article from The Actuary, October 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 8 is a copy of the text from a workshop on The Future of Life Insurance presented by George R. Dinney. Mr. Dinney discusses the evolution of the actuarial profession beyond its life insurance roots and asks questions about the role of the actuary in tomorrow's society.

Description: Article from The Actuary magazine, March 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 3, that discusses the response of the Education and Examination Committee to Professor Batten's challenge in the wisdom of current trends in the Society's educational program, stating that these syllabus changes should be considered evolutionary rather than revolutionary.

Description: With the convergence and consolidation of the financial services industry, the advent of new technologies and the Internet, and increased focus on the customer, actuaries are facing a brand new set of challenges. This editorial prefaces the articles in this issue that point out some key challenges and opportunities facing today’s actuaries.

Description: This article is about a session held at the October 1996 annual meeting, which focused on how actuaries can move beyond traditional employers.

Description: Article from The Actuary, March 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 3. As was clear from William W. Truckle's paper reviewed in our April 1982 issue, North American actuaries aren't the only ones puzzling over the curriculum questions aired elsewhere in this issue. We are grateful for Mr. Carroll's permission to print excerpts from his discussion of Mr. Truckle's paper, and parts of his reply to an enquiry that we sent him. In particular, the author is in favor of adding more about advanced statistical methods to the curriculum and explaining how this fits in with the actuarial subjects that have been traditionally taught.

Description: Chronicles the journey made by Allstate to enhance its process for managing risk and ultimately find ways to better exploit risk opportunities.

Description: Key points of the conceptual framework of China’s new solvency system, the “China Risk Oriented Solvency System” (C-ROSS).

Description: This article examines conglomerate management, the need for planning, and examples of effective acquisitions management.

Description: This article examines the trends facing the life and health insurance industry which consulting actuaries will need to address such as downsizing, outsourcing, technology and the need to be flexible.

Description: This article discusses reasons why the Society of Actuaries is not vocal in expressing its opinion.