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: The author has been gathering facts about actuaries who were active in North America before the Actuarial Society of America was founded in 1889. The purpose of this exercise is to compile a definitive history of the North American actuarial profession in time for the Society of Actuaries centennial year, 1989. Furthermore, the author encourages all Society members to take a personal interest in the history project, both for the pleasure it offers and because of its bearing upon observance of the fundamental values that justify actuaries in calling theirs a profession.

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: 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 article discusses the actuary's role and professional responsibilities in determining premiums when building market share is a primary concern.

Description: Column from SOA President Brad Smith discussing the qualities it takes to be a professional and the attributes actuaries are expected to possess.

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: Since the Committee On Discipline was formed in 1976, eleven disciplinary actions have heen taken by the Society. This article’s purpose is to describe how the committee operates, the members of the commitee and to clear up some of the mystery that surrounds the Committee’s work.