Description: A summary from the annual ILTCI conference including session content from seven tracks focusing on unique issues and solutions in long term care.

Description: Chairperson's Corner

Description: Highlights from the SOA's June 2017 Health meeting in Hollywood, Florida

Description: The appeal of the actuarial profession to women.

Description: Have you recently considered volunteering within the actuarial profession? If so, becoming a “friend” of the Smaller Insurance Company Section is a great way to start. This article explains what you can expect from your volunteer experience.

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Description: Thoughts from Chair of the Investment Section Council

Description: The June 2014 issue of the Financial Reporting Section’s newsletter, The Financial Reporter.

Description: Read the complete issue of the March 2014 "The Financial Reporter" newsletter.

Description: The September 2013 issue of the Financial Reporting Section’s newsletter, The Financial Reporter.

Description: Recently, the Reinsurance Section’s research team completed a number of excellent reports. This article briefly summarizes the research reports completed in the recent past, those in the pipeline, and looks ahead to new possible research projects.

Description: An article covering the saturation of the entry-level actuarial job market and how to focus on improving your situation.

Description: This is an article by outgoing Society of Actuaries President, Bruce D. Schobel, reflecting on the Society's accomplishments over the past year and looking ahead at its future plans.

Description: This is an interview with Ken Guthrie, the Society of Actuaries Senior Director of Education, regarding the new structure of the Education Department.

Description: This is the agenda for the 40th Annual Actuarial Research Conference held in Mexico City, Mexico, August 11-13, 2005.

Description: This is a brief report on the trip that the author made with two other SOA members, Bruce Schobel and Jim Wiseman, to Almaty, Kazakhstan during the week of September 1, 2003. They were invited by the Actuarial Society of Kazakhstan [ASK] to conduct several seminars for their members and various government officials. The trip was financed by USAID through a grant to the Arizona-Kazakhstan Foundation. The topics of the seminars were pension/social security reform, role of the actuary in an economy, annuity pricing/ reserving and professionalism.

Description: A case study on starting the actuarial profession in a new location - in this case Kazakhstan.

Description: In this session from the June 2000 San Diego meeting of the Society of Actuaries , information was provided about the Professional Development - PD - requirement of the new examination system and the role of the advisor.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Las Vegas, NV May 22-24, 2000 The American Academy of Actuaries had put together an ad hoc task force charged with developing a long-term strategic approach for marketing the profession to future users of actuarial services and to strategically position and strengthen the profession. This session provided an update on the progress of the task force.

Description: The last year in the 20th century was an important time for the Society of Actuaries. Central to the Society’s 1998-99 activities were the celebration of its 50th anniversary, consideration of the Big Tent concept for the profession’s future, finalization of its new education and examination system for implementation in 2000, and sponsorship of a wide range of scientific projects and seminars. This article provides a 1998-99 Society of Actuaries year in review.

Description: This is a presidential address to the Society of Actuaries by Howard J. Bolnick.

Description: This is a speech by SOA President Howard Bolnick in which he discusses a new avenue for developing membership in the Society and the actuarial profession. This approach, which is called the 'Big Tent' vision for the profession, considers inviting qualified professionals into the ranks of the profession and the Society.

Description: Discusses the evolving role of technology within the actuarial profession and the current use of electronic bulletin boards on the internet.

Description: This is a presidential address to the Society of Actuaries by Robert H. Hoskins. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1982, Vol. 34.

Description: A survey of 13 universities in the U.S. and Canada indicates a wide variety of actuarial science topics of current research, as well as proposed future research.

Description: This is a greatly condensed summary of the panel discussion of Robert B. Mitchell's book, 'From Actuarius to Actuary, The Growth of a Dynamic Profession in Canada and the United States,' and is intended merely to convey some idea of the interesting colloquy which took place. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1974, Vol. 26, Pt. 2D, No. 76.

Description: This is the report about the Society of Actuaries' 25th anniversary celebration held in New Orleans, LA on October 28-30, 1974. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1974, Vol. 26, Pt. 2D, No. 76.

Description: This panel discussion covers the origins, changes and developments during the first twenty years of the Society of Actuaries since its founding in 1949. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21, Pt. 2, No. 61.

Description: This is a panel discussion about the education of the actuary. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1967, Vol. 19 Pt. 2, No. 55.