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  • Becoming a More Effective Innovator
    Becoming a More Effective Innovator The author discusses aspects of innovation that may help actuaries be more effective participants in product innovation. By Jay M. Jaffe Innovation;innovator; ...
    • Authors: Jay Jaffe
    • Date: Aug 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Thought leadership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Thoughts from the Chair
    This is a perspective of the upcoming year from the view of the Chair of the Council of the TaxationSection. Following the challenges from the past year and since the arrival of the pandemic, I ...

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    • Authors: Erik Pronovost
    • Date: Nov 2021
    • Competency: Communication
    • Publication Name: Taxing Times
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices
  • Innovation Killers and the Four Tenets of Creativity
    Innovation Killers and the Four Tenets of Creativity How to avoid the thoughts and actions that kill creativity and innovation. By Ken Lizotte Entrepreneurism=entrepreneurs;Management skills; ...
    • Authors: Ken Lizotte
    • Date: Feb 2017
    • Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership
    • Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices
  • In Good Times and Bad, We are Actuaries
    In Good Times and Bad, We are Actuaries Article about how all the changes have not really affected our basic work. By Jonathan Pollio Small Talk, March 2021 On New Year’s Eve 2019, I watched ...

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    • Authors: Jonathan M Pollio
    • Date: Mar 2021
    • Competency: Communication; Professional Values
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • Responding Toward Climate Control and Governance
    Responding Toward Climate Control and Governance Update of climate risk related governance and disclosure. AICT, UNFCCC, TCFD, CSRD, SDG, climate, climate risk, governance, climate control By Jon ...

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    • Authors: Jon-Zeu Wu (Jon)
    • Date: Jul 2023
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: International News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management; Enterprise Risk Management>Governance
  • Seven Tips on How to Succeed in Remote Interviews
    Seven Tips on How to Succeed in Remote Interviews This article is intended to provide young actuarial professionals and job seekers with tips on succeeding in remote interviews. By Selina Zeng ...

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    • Authors: Veeraj Mehta
    • Date: Sep 2021
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Qualifications; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice
  • Taking Care of Employees
    Taking Care of Employees Investing in and taking care of employees can result in many-faceted positive results, for your team and for your firm. We first state the case for "taking care of ...

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    • Authors: Lori Weyuker
    • Date: Apr 2023
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Excel as an IT System
    Excel as an IT System I was planning on writing this article about six months ago, and never got around to it. Then, I read an article recently published in the May 2012 edition of CompAct ...
    • Authors: Tim Heng
    • Date: Oct 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Enterprise Risk Management>Systematic risk; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Zen Actuary Installment 18: Getting Back in the Water
    Zen Actuary Installment 18: Getting Back in the Water Latest installment in series that applies Buddhist philosophy to the actuary's daily activities. This installment discusses the challenges ...

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    • Authors: Richard J Lauria
    • Date: Nov 2021
    • Competency: Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • Fed Up With a Quest for Work-Life Balance? Try Accessing Your Seven Slices of Life
    Fed Up With a Quest for Work-Life Balance? Try Accessing Your Seven Slices of Life there is virtually no possibility of true balance in our lives because to chase “balance” between your work and ...

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    • Date: Apr 2021
    • Competency: Leadership
    • Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Professional development