Description: Editor’s column discussing the need for communication amongst actuaries.

Description: This article provides an overview of the new Financial and Health Economics module now requried for all FSA's.

Description: Limitations in actual practice as a health care actuary due to lack of standards, lack of internal data, too much external data, lack of control. Issue No. 38.

Description: Actuaries and the Actuarial profession have an obligation to act in the public interest. It is not enough to pass exams, keep current and do "good actuarial work.” Both Science and public service must be reflected in all of our activities...The intent of this article is to clarify what "acting in the public service” means for actuaries, particularly U.S. actuaries. It emphasizes the importance (necessity) of examining the "public interest" in everything we do ... and to warn the public where we have concerns. ...Acting in the public interest (a requirement for any profession or professional, is critical to the profession's future reputation and relevance.

Description: Description of a personal journey to help establish the actuarial profession in Mexico.

Description: Confessions of a Telecommuter by Mary H. Simmons from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, September 2001, Issue No. 7.

Description: The author of this article challenges us to engage in active thought to drive our behaviors rather than seeking efficiency through the use of assumptions.

Description: As leaders and managers, we have results to achieve. To get those results, we have to do the right things. Those “things” include the management and deployment of our resources.

Description: Considerations in the assessment of when to leave a job include mentorship, fit to company environment and culture, and timing.

Description: Decision making is a life skill. You make decisions every day. Are you making good decisions? Do you know how to evaluate whether or not a decision was a good one? This article discusses some decision making methods.