Description: A discussion of the role and responsibilities of actuaries beyond crunching numbers

Description: In this era of enterprise risk management, actuaries should reassess what we tell the public about what we provide. We should allow buyers to make informed choices based upon all the facts. We should recognize that regulatory and judicial forces will be focused on the products we produce for a very long time. This 2004 editorial from The Actuary Magazine discusses some common financial practices that are undergoing closer regulatory scrutiny.

Description: Article discusses a presentation by Mr. E. J. Moorhead, Past President of the Society and President-Elect of the American Academy of Actuaries at the October meeting of the Actuaries Club of Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. The author highlights Mr. Moorhead's perspective on the importance of ethics and Academy membership to each and every actuary.

Description: This brief article from the new in 1981 Task Force on Guides to Professional Conduct, asks members for input in order to fulfill its charge for making recommendations on such questions as: What, if any, written standards of ethical conduct does the Society need?

Description: The Fellowship Admission Course FAC is one of the proposals contained in the White Paper on Future Education Methods for the Actuarial Profession, circulated by the E&E Committee in early 1987. FEM proposals were developed with three primary objectives.

Description: Article The Manhart Case by Webster, September 1978, Volume 12, Number 7

Description: Starting in 1990, those completing the SOA examinations will be required to attend the Fellowship Admissions Course FAC before the Fellowship designation will be conferred. The two topics to be covered in the course are 1 integrating of the examination syllabus and 2 professional ethics.

Description: This article is about the opportunity for plagiarism in e-learning courses and what the Society of Actuaries is doing to detect and discipline such conduct.

Description: A review of a speech given by E. J. Moorhead. Mr. Moorhead described what he saw as life insurance industry missed opportunities for increased transparency which would be resolved by Congress and public outcry. Interesting historical perspective which could be used a reminder for today.

Description: Argues the value of actuaries' sense of responsibility as a counter-weight to the business inclination to offer anything that will sell.