Description: Actuarial science is at a cross roads. Many are urging that our highly successful examination process be partially abandoned in favour of accepting university courses in a number of basic subjects. This drive is based in part on the difficulties in supporting the present system, the experience elsewhere and a misplaced confidence in the quality of the university system. This paper explores where the university system is and where it needs to go in order to adequately serve the interests of the actuarial community.

Description: This is Article No. 2 in a series about a current reform proposal about actuarial notation reform. Current reform negotiations have their origins in a paper presented to the 1968 International Congress of Actuaries by Boehm and Reichel in collaboration with nine other German-speaking actuaries.

Description: This panel discussion, from the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Orlando, presented a discussion on development as of 1982 in the education and exam system. Topics included: 1. Goals, purposes and objectives of actuarial examination and education. 2. Critique of the current system. 3. Role of the academic community in actuarial education. 4. Interrelationship of the Society's E&E structure with that of other actuarial bodies. 5. Plans and future directions.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 6, which is article no. 10 in a series. This particular article discusses the 1978 institute and faculty proposal on notation. A proposal presented in June 1978 by a study group of the Institute and Faculty Joint Working Party on Computers and Actuarial Notation provides an excellent summary of the problems faced by innovators in this field, as well as the consequences of clinging to the present notation.

Description: This meeting session, which occurred at the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Orlando, presented a look ahead as of 1982 at opportunities for actuaries in the 1980's and 1990's. Questions addressed by the panel included: i. Will traditional opportunities be reduced? 2. What non-traditional opportunities are available? 3. What changes are needed in our educational process? 4. How do we make non-traditional employers aware of actuarial skills and their value? 5. What will actuarial work be like? 6. Some perspectives on the situation in Canada as it moves toward more government ownership and control of financial security programs

Description: This is article no. 6 in a series and discusses the proposed actuarial notation by Engelfriet and Kool. The proposed notation is linear in nature no superscripts or subscripts and uses the keys on the typewriter.

Description: Article from The Actuary, March 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 3, that is article no. 7 in a series discussing an actuarial notation based on a symbolic logic.

Description: A recounting of all the accomplishments the Joint Risk Management Section had in 2021 crediting those responsible for their successful completion.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2001 Toronto Spring Meeting discuss how case studies are being used in actuarial education. A case study is presented and explored as an example.

Description: This is an article detailing the notation controversy from a European perspective.