Description: Six dimensional leaders are insightful, flexible and connected. They listen, motivate and inspire. Is this you? This article explores the six dimensions that a leader must operate in to become transformational leaders.

Description: The Actuary recently asked Bob Smyth of Gant Travel Management some questions regarding international travel. Smyth says if you plan well and are up to date on new regulations and passport requirements, traveling abroad is smooth sailing.

Description: An actuary, Jim Toole, speaks out on racial disparities in infant mortality.

Description: Welcome to the holiday edition of The Actuary!

Description: It is prudent to raise an alarm over the persistency of current inflation risk as part of a proactive risk management strategy. There is a chance that the current rise in inflation may subside as has happened numerous times during the past decades, but that does not preclude the need to build a robust portfolio that can withstand a more sustained and persistent inflation shock. I hereby present a framework to construct an optimal portfolio that protects investors against persistently higher inflation.

Description: Listen as Anders Larson, FSA, MAAA talks with Shea Parkes, FSA, MAAA in the first of several episodes about data science programming languages. This episode focuses on R, which is probably the most popular languages for data science and statistical analysis in use today. Learn about the history of R, how to get started using it, strengths and weaknesses, and resources for learning more and enhancing your skills. This is the second in a broader series of episodes focusing on languages, libraries, frameworks and cloud providers.

Description: "Given today’s environment, the trajectory of modeling technologies and applications, and the mission-critical nature of modeling within insurance organizations, the time has come for the chief modeling officer. " What's the role description for a chief modeling officer? What is the organizational structure and institutional benefits for this role? Listen now as April Shen, FSA, MAAA interviews Van Beach, FSA, MAAA on the role of Chief Modeling Officer in insurance companies.

Description: The article contains a description of the Emerging Topics Community. The focus of the article is what is a community, what makes the Emerging Topics Community special, and benefits of the Community. Included after the discussion on the community are ways to get involved and be a part of the community.

Description: Join hosts Anders Larson, FSA, MAAA, and Shea Parkes, FSA, MAAA, for the first in a series of podcasts focused on machine learning in the cloud. This episode introduces a useful definition of the cloud and digs deeper into what aspects of machine learning make it a good fit for cloud based solutions.

Description: This is the first in a 3-part series where Joe Alaimo and Andy Rallis discuss the different types of testing, what they are, how they are performed and ways that they apply to the software development that actuaries are involved in.