Description: This article is about papers submitted in response to a Retirement 20/20 call for submission of papers about Tier II retirement systems, i.e. those that are employer-provided retirement benefits that fit between social insurance and private savings.

Description: Letter from the SOA president addressing the importance of volunteering. Also included are the responses from some volunteers who were asked various questions on the subject of volunteering.

Description: Over the last year or two, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of U.S. news topics that involve actuarial thinking such as Obama-care and long-term health of Social Security. While it is a nice feeling to see actuaries at the center of the action, much, or even most of the debate is conducted without any understanding of the actuarial concepts involved. This article is about the challenge of actuaries educating the public on these issues, especially when the profession is still working hard to bring its communication skills up to the level of its technical expertise.

Description: This is the December 2011 cover of The Actuarial magazine displaying the featured articles inside: How to Handle ORSA, The Actuarial Profession in India, and The SOA's Competency Framework

Description: Short book reviews of The Social Animal: The hidden sources of Love, Charater and Achievement and Good Poems.

Description: In this article, the outgoing Society of Actuaries President, Donald J. Segal, reviews what he learned in the past year about the SOA and the actuarial profession.

Description: Column from SOA President Brad Smith discussing the qualities it takes to be a professional and the attributes actuaries are expected to possess.

Description: Letter to the editor of The Actuary in regard to Social Security trust funds.

Description: Details of a donation to the SOA library that consists of books from the library of the first American actuary, Charles Gill.