Description: Join us as we launch the new Career Development Community—a dynamic framework that will support, connect, and inspire professionals at every stage of their actuarial journey. Discover how we’re building on the strengths of five former sections to deliver richer content, broader networking, and more opportunities for you to thrive. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to give back, your voice is essential in shaping our future. Dive in and help us create a vibrant, inclusive community—together!

Description: Over the last two years, we experimented with online peer assessment platforms in undergraduate courses and saw them deliver major learning advantages and be highly popular with students. We explain why peer assessment shows great promise for actuarial science education and the main factors to consider when designing peer assessment activities. We also detail our use of online platforms in two undergraduate courses. By sharing our experience, we hope to provide you, our fellow educators, with a solid starting point for experimenting with this format.

Description: This article is an overview of the SOA Leadership & Development Section Council's current projects, recent accomplishments and some immediate focal points of the Leadership & Development Section Council's efforts.

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 management hiring someone to make changes, then ignoring all suggestions.

Description: Letter from the Editor ... by Jeffrey D. Miller from Health Section News, January 2002, Issue No. 42.

Description: A brief overview of last year's Education & Research Section Council work, accomplishments and challenges from its outgoing chair.

Description: This article studies the syllabus as a dynamic, interactive teaching tool that informs and is informed by both solutions of complex course problems and student difficulties with these problems.

Description: It is well established that empowerment of staff is a critical leadership trait. But what are the metrics to recognize that you have achieved it? What steps enable this achievement? Which psychological attributes explain its efficacy?This article proposes to answer these questions through a multi-disciplinary examination of empowerment in the context of three leadership domains.

Description: Winner of Poem, Art Entry, in the SOA’s 2022 Speculative Spectacular Fiction and Art Contest.

Description: The author discusses the importance of branding yourself and provides ideas to assist you in that process.