Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This teaching session covers course F-585 in the exam materials, which is intended to provide background for the actuary who aspires to become the chief financial officer of a financial institution. It addresses raising capital and financial management.

Description: In session 73OF of the Montreal Spring Meeting panelists discuss the organizational approach to the actuarial systems function that has been applied in their organizations. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: In session 123 OF of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss current trends in Education and Examination. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol.23, No. 3.

Description: Presenters in session 147PD of the New York Annual Meeting discuss the new profession of financial engineering and how it relates to what actuaries do. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: The InsurTech market in China is divided into three categories, including online sales of traditional products through internet channels, product upgrades driven by technology, or the creation of more targeted products, and the innovation of eco-system-oriented products, or insurance service by data analysis. The market is expected to reach 1.4 trillion RMB in total.As the digital revolution goes deeper, new technologies have infiltrated into all business models in insurance companies and have promoted the generation and development of the InsurTech market. Digital technologies have been widely used by traditional insurance companies to optimize the procedures and products of the current value chain, bringing a virtuous cycle between InsurTech and the online eco-system. As a result, these traditional insurance companies can expand their business from insurance only to personal finance and other extended services, building a comprehensive solution for the eco-system. Technology is the cornerstone for the business development and innovation of insurance.

Description: The October/November 2015 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: This literature review provides insights on emerging technologies that interact with the actuarial profession within the space of microinsurance for the purpose of establishing a frame of reference for actuaries to use in their work. Furthermore, it intends to spark readers’ interest in, and create a vision for, how microinsurance and its associated technologies may impact the actuarial industry in the future.

Description: Column from the SOA’s education department discussing the addition of a fellowship module.

Description: List of members on the Committees on Mortality and Morbidity Experience Studies and Group and Self-Administered Plans.

Description: The key tasks of credit risk capital project under CROSS II mainly focus onL(1 )Adjustment of measurement framework; (2) Calibration of risk factors, including both credit spread risk and credit default risk;3)Introduction of concentration risk measurement; (4) Higher requirement on look-through rule.