Description: Farewell comments by Noel J. Abkemeier at the end of his term as Chairperson of the Product Development Section in 2003. Includes highlights of successes of the Section and thank you's to significant contributors to the Section.

Description: Product development is variously described as a science, an art, or a philosophy. Six Sigma suffers from the same ambiguity—it is a statistical measure, a business philosophy, a process, a methodology, and a way of living! But by combining the two, we are able to apply structure to creativity and enable product success

Description: This article covers the importance of a system peer review within the systems change control process and offers suggestions for creating more robust controls.

Description: An article from the Chairman of the Product Development Section Council with a brief discussion of plans for the section for the upcoming year 2009.

Description: discussion of the Product Development Section’s plans for the annual meeting.

Description: Recruitment article for the Marketing & Distribution Section written by the Section Chair.

Description: Election results for Product Development Section Council.

Description: On October 30, 2015, the SOA Assumption Development and Governance Group, an informal discussion group consisting of nearly 200 interested actuaries with topics pertaining to actuarial assumption development and governance, organized an industry discussion call on end-to-end assumption documentation practices. The purpose of this call was to generate a large list of ideas for best-practice assumption documentation. More than thirty companies were represented in the call, including direct insurers, reinsurers and consulting firms. This article is the work product of the discussion written by Laurie Li and Alex Zaidlin.

Description: As part of its recent change in focus, the Marketing and Distribution MAD Section has undertaken two initiatives which require specialized assistance. The first of these is to identify individuals with expertise and/or a common interest in various areas related to marketing and distribution. The second initiative addresses the broad product development process that surrounds actual product design and pricing.

Description: Column describing the events of a recent Product Development Symposium 2009.