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: Panel reviews practical and ethical problems in both the U.S. and Canada arising when an actuary serves as an expert witness. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: Presenters focus on the skills and abilities needed by actuaries to be successful in senior management. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: The August/September 2013 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: This article discusses how dynamic financial analysis, also known as dynamic solvency testing, as new field of practice that can use actuarial expertise.

Description: About changes in career at the same company, and changes [voluntary and involuntary] to another company or to another career. Panelists discuss the internal [personal] aspects of these types of changes and how to prepare for them, along with the four major transitions in a typical actuarial career. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: The author defines what a personal actuary is, provides examples of the typical work of a personal actuary and outlines some of the sections current initiatives.

Description: This article covers focus of the section council, progress on ongoing initiatives such as the Career Pioneer Program, and new initiatives including image building of the profession as well as support for actuaries in individual practice and/or small businesses.

Description: Discusses areas health actuaries could expand into. Issue No. 47.

Description: Discussion of roles of health actuaries in the future.