Description: The Actuarial and Educational Research Fund, AERF, is seeking: research project ideas, researchers, and funds to support the research.

Description: The article announces the 2011 Actuarial Research Conference and discusses the themes of the upcoming conference.

Description: A discussion of some ways the Society of Actuaries is promoting actuarial education across Asia

Description: Acknowledgments, Copyright, and Title Page. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis: Acknowledgments, M-HB97-1.

Description: In her address at the 1997 Society of Actuaries annual meeting, incoming president Anna Rappaport gave high priority to 'further developing multidisciplinary joint ventures with other professional associations and academia, including facilitating the exchange of ideas between academics and practitioners.' This article describes the results of that endeavor.

Description: The Society of Actuaries now has more than 600 members in Asia. This article describes how the SOA is increasing its outreach to members in Asia by establishing the Asia Committee, and by approving a three-year extension of the SOA’s support for the actuarial program at Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

Description: More than a decade ago, Jim Hickman visited Lebanon Valley College to talk to high school summer program participants about the actuarial profession. Then, and at other times since, Jim has expressed sincere interest and concern for undergraduate education, and special affection for the small liberal arts college. This paper describes some student undergraduate research projects undertaken by actuarial science students at Lebanon Valley College. It briefly considers getting students involved, where to get ideas for projects, types of projects, and then summarize some specific projects which have been completed by Lebanon Valley students. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1994, Vol. 1.

Description: Project Oversight Group. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Las Vegas, NV May 22-24, 2000 This session discussed the purpose of the proposed Ambassador Program under development by the Actuary of the Future Section to focus on the nontraditional actuarial practice areas that are expected to play an increasingly significant role within the actuarial profession in the 21st century.

Description: In early 1989, the Society of Actuaries appointed a Task Force on Strengthening Relationships Between Universities and the Actuarial Profession. The charge of the Task Force was to explore the relationships between the actuarial profession and universities in the United States and Canada and recommend how they can be strengthened to the benefit of both the actuarial profession and the universities. This article summarizes the Task Force's recommendations that were approved by the Society of Actuaries Board of Governors. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1991 Vol. 1.