Description: A summary about the first book club discussion on Never Split the Difference. Insights on key negotiation elements are discussed in the article.

Description: Update of climate risk related governance and disclosure.

Description: Discusses the purpose, goals, makeup, and initial accomplishments of the Emerging Issues Advisory Group, EIAG.

Description: This is an article about how our business environment has changed and how actuaries must evolve in order to retain their value to employers.

Description: Service to Canadian members and their stakeholders is a top priority for the SOA, in 2016, the SOA formed an advisory group consisting exclusively of Canadian actuaries—aptly named the Canadian Advisory Council (CAC).

Description: An introductory article for the June 2022 issue of the General Insurance Insights e-newsletter.

Description: A typical course has some "hard" parts. These "hard" parts are the places where weaker students begin to fail, lose interest, and give up. The paper introduces a metric by which to evaluate each course topic. High metric values indicate "hard parts" of courses. The paper recommends spending more course time on hard parts and less course time on easy parts. The paper also recommends using disclosure: Tell students - this part of the course is "hard" and they may feel uncomfortable which is why more time is being spent on it." This approach to hard parts works! Failure rates are significantly reduced, while retention, satisfaction, and student scores improve.

Description: The chairperson for the marketing and distribution section discusses the section welcome call and outline future topics and themes for the year head.