Description: A Note from the Editor...encouraging actuaries to expand into some nontraditional areas.

Description: To review 2021 and look forward to 2022 as the new Chair of the Actuary of the Future section council

Description: A principles-based approach to start building the life and work-life balance that is right for you.

Description: Gearing up-- exploring the rewards for completing the SoA Competency Framework tools of Self-Assessment and Personal Development Plan.

Description: In this issue, Actuary of the Future editor Yuan Yuan invites Doug French, the managing principal of the Insurance and Actuarial Advisory Services practice of Ernst & Young LLP’s Financial Services Organization, to share about his experiences and views on the actuarial profession.

Description: This is an interview with Sujeeva Udayasiri Fernando, an actuarial trainee in Sri Lanka. His views of the actuarial profession were discussed.

Description: An overview of bias and fairness in machine learning models, as they apply to use cases in life insurance.

Description: Several years ago, the concept of a marketing actuary was in vogue. Many job titles were changed to reflect this new concept, and some new jobs were created. But the question is, did the job really change?

Description: A look at how the female actuary is portrayed in fiction and whether it is a true portrayal.

Description: This piece is on Risk normalization and looks to draw upon underlying ideas as to why in some cases, risks are under or over analyzed from an individual perspective in society. This piece is intended to make the reader think about what risks they partake in on a daily basis that may have been 'numbed' in some sense by societal normalization fo these risk. Conversely, readers also may be questioned with what risks have overplayed by society, in particular risks that have been over inflated by media and other driving factors.