Description: Examines the question of whether health-care costs, or health insurance costs, are in crisis.

Description: This article presents highlights from a Roundtable Discussion held at the 2008 Annual Conference of the National Academy of Social Insurance - NASI. Some issues discussed are the results of the SOA 2007 Survey on the Risks and Process of Retirement, the phases of retirement and the changes during retirement as a function of changing health and capability, age, changing family status and employment status.

Description: Feature article that makes the point that an MBA is needed in addition to an FSA.

Description: Article discussing the SOA’s plans for growth.

Description: John Dewan, FSA, and his non-traditional career into baseball and STATS

Description: Department column explaining the SOA’s new e-Learning system.

Description: Discusses why it is so important for actuaries to actively monitor evolving issues with taxation of life insurance companies and products, and how to monitor the issues and get involved with the process.

Description: This article summarizes statutory reporting and the Pinciple-Based Initiative that the Academy, the industry and the regulators have been working on in the U.S. It addresses whether a principles-based approach will simplify reporting regulations and make them more flexible.

Description: This article discusses that while life style funds make sense for some, a growing minority of individuals successfully make their own investment decisions. It points out that these options should be kept available and that if proper education is provided the informed investor population would grow.

Description: This article is a profile of Jim Tilley, a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries a founding trustee of The Actuarial Foundation in 1994. He responds to a few questions about his career.