Description: Small insurance companies sometimes feel constrained to use Excel instead of a commercial actuarial system due to cost and inertia. This article provides multiple reasons why that decision leads to unintended risks for the actuarial department and the company as a whole.

Description: Interview with Karen Lockridge, FSA, FCIA and Francisca Quinn regarding fiduciary concerns with and future outlook for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing.

Description: In November 2020 the Life Actuarial (A) Task Force unanimously passed APF 2020-08 which adds a third permissible method in the Valuation Manual to determine company experience mortality rates. This article describes the three methods

Description: Interview with global reinsurance leader. View from the top. Provides perspective of macro trends and challenges in developing strategy in a competitive marketplace

Description: Letter from the editor for the March 2021 issue of In the Public Interest introducing the issue's article.

Description: The 2006 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation PBGC Annual Performance and Accountability Report and the 2006 Annual Report of the PBGC each contain a summary of the results of the Sept. 30, 2006 actuarial valuation. The purpose of the separate Actuarial Valuation Report is to provide greater detail concerning the valuation of future benefits than is presented in PBGC's Annual Report.

Description: Article discusses managing IT systems properly to avoid infrastructure problems by looking at alignment, user experience and technology.

Description: List of key initiatives for the Society of Actuaries and how they were developed.

Description: Article discusses what is your book idea and will it advance your business goals with applications to thoughtleading image.

Description: This is the editors column.