Description: A discussion of the successes of the Taxation Section, with special emphasis on the increased visibility of tax in the actuarial profession.

Description: A statement about the article peer-review process for the newsletter, and a disclaimer about interpreting any article content as tax, legal, or other advice.

Description: This article presents lost career opportunity examples from lack of communication skills and a list of resources to help you work on building and improving your own skills.

Description: In the United States today, approximately 12 percent of individuals age 65 and over and 0.8 percent of persons 45–65 years old have Alzheimer’s disease AD or a related disorder ADRD1.

Description: LDTI’s introduction has forced many insurers to examine their existing operations and technologies. They must determine how to optimize compliance efforts while balancing data, analytics and system modernization considerations to achieve maximum value. This article will examine the four key facets—the data, technology, processes, and people—essential to any successful LDTI exercise. It will also touch on the various approaches for tackling LDTI and how a modernization mindset can help insurers realize much greater transformation for the business.

Description: A leadership interview with Margaret Meister looking back at her career trajectory and sharing lessons learned.

Description: Feature article clarifying terms used in life insurance distribution

Description: Editor's note summarizing contents of the newsletter and developments within the International Section

Description: There is a growing amount of “off-balance sheet” talent in the US and Global workforce. This spans from consultants and contractors, to gig workers and the crowd (both curated crowd and open crowd). One such example is Uber and Lyft workers. Insurance companies and the Actuarial profession have started to experiment with platforms such as Kaggle and this will continue to grow and evolve. This article explores these new sources of talent for companies, the implications to the actuarial function, benefits and challenges of the evolving workforce.

Description: Feature article discussing one company’s guidelines for social media use.