Description: Our thoughts and beliefs have incredible power to shape our lives and the lives of others. The author looks at three instruments for use in shaping our thoughts.

Description: Feature article describing the author’s management techniques.

Description: With more than 24 years of experience in the reinsurance market, Bruno Freire is the CEO and one of the co-founders of Austral Re, along with Vinci Partners, a private equity firm. Austral Re is a Brazilian- based multiline reinsurer which that writes business across Latin America. It has grown organically throughout the last 13 years, and had its credit rating upgraded to A- in 2023 by AM Best (it also has AAAbr from S&P). Before joining Austral, Bruno had been a reinsurance broker at Aon Re for more than 10 years, having witnessed the opening of the reinsurance market in Brazil. As we will be seen in his interview the following, he believes in a data driven analytic approach, client focused but with an underwriting mindset, as well as a strong support from actuaries and technology as key instruments to run a reinsurance company successfully.

Description: This editorial notes how change is constant in the world around us and that the SOA has adopted a theme of change. Articles in this issue of The Actuary, which are all related to change, are summarized.

Description: An article summarizing the SOA Asia-Pacific Annual Symposium held June 12 - 13, 2024.

Description: A farewell to the contributing editors of The Actuary whose tenure ended in 2010.

Description: Editorial discussing actuaries and social media, specifically Facebook.

Description: This column describes what the SOA is doing for its members and how it plans to better serve them. Here are a few examples of what lies ahead for 2011. • The SOA will begin offering the fellowship exams twice a year. • There will be a content management system put in place at the SOA for the purpose of helping members and candidates more easily find information on our website. • A PD redesign will offer new professional development opportunities in a variety of ways.

Description: In this article chairperson Anthony Dardis takes a look back at the achievements of the Investment Section Council halfway through his tenure as chair.

Description: This is a review of the book, 'The Lone Ranger’s Code of the West' by Jim Lichtman, dealing with the ethics and values of the Lone Ranger.