Description: Five industry leaders who have made significant contributions to the life insurance and life reinsurance industry were honored with the Insurance Legends award at ReFocus 2008, the premier conference for reinsurance industry professionals.

Description: The Compliance Networking Track leadership team, which was assembled over spring and summer of 2005, includes representatives from large and small LTC insurers. Our mission is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information about compliance related issues.

Description: This article is about the 4th China Congress of Actuaries which was attended by over 200 actuaries, insurance professional and industry representatives from China and overseas. The main theme of the conference was 'Actuarial Professionalism.'

Description: The year 2005 marks 10 years since the actuarial profession began its rebirth in the small Central European country of Slovakia. This article discusses some of the issues facing the profession and its association, the Slovak Society of Actuaries.

Description: The challenges and rewards of an overseas move - adapting to a new country.

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

Description: Phil Gold reviews the effect of the competency framework on various stages of inception and development of the AXIS Actuarial System.

Description: A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved a difficult hiring decision faced by an actuarial manager.

Description: What do data, technology, offices, skills, and cultural perspectives all have in common? Significant transformation.

Description: Article is about my experience and emergence in the long term care industry. It highlights my prior experiences and my favorite things to work on.