Description: Discusses results of author's recent survey of professionals in the viatical and life settlement, a.k.a. secondary insurance industry, to discover how actuaries could best serve this particular business.

Description: The author discusses his transition from journalist to actuary. His goal is to help 21st century actuaries to be the best that we can be.

Description: An article comparing today’s actuarial candidates to those of 40 years ago.

Description: Author shares personal experience with working on an exam committee and discusses the benefits.

Description: Author provides personal study tips.

Description: Author asserts that actuaries are arguably better at analyzing and interpreting risk than any other professional. The exhaustive exams teach us how to manage risk, not eliminate it. If the profession is to continue to flourish, it will be vital to take this idea and apply it to one’s career too.

Description: Process and challenges of a Delphi Study launched in 2012 to gather opinions on the current state of the SOA, the actuarial profession, and non-traditional opportunities.

Description: Editorial overview and issue introduction

Description: This is a continuation of an article published for the speculative future contest in 2023. It mentions how the collapse of China would cause a global recession in 2029 due to the current and predicted geopolitical climate in 2023.

Description: The article contains a description of the Emerging Topics Community. The focus of the article is what is a community, what makes the Emerging Topics Community special, and benefits of the Community. Included after the discussion on the community are ways to get involved and be a part of the community.