Description: The article discusses how strategic planning and strategic risk management are intertwined.

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: Vision and mission are just two links between successful mountain climbing and launching a successful business. Clear objectives, solid strategies and thorough action plans are the other links. This article describes these parallels between mountain climbing and launching a successful business.

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 article summarizes a survey on career satisfaction and advancement conducted last fall via FutureRisk.org. The survey asked actuaries about topics ranging from their current job situation, employer and professional aspirations to job satisfaction, career advancement activities and training received via various resources.

Description: Discusses the emerging role of personal actuary.

Description: Phil Gold, FIA, ASA, MAAA, loves technology, especially computers. With his partners (Dave Gilliland and Bill Young) at GGY, he devotes most of his efforts to automating the mechanical processes of actuarial work so actuaries can be more productive. He?s worked for Hill Samuel Life, Abbey Life, Manulife and National Reinsurance Company of Canada, but has found his real niche as founder of his own company, ?with the help of my friends Dave and Bill of course,? as he is quick to add. From The Actuary Magazine August 2006