Description: Continuation of a series of articles adapted from the book "Awake at Work" by Michael Carroll, covering the application of Buddhist teachings to situations encountered in a modern corporate workplace setting. This series addresses challenges frequently encountered by practicing actuaries.

Description: Leadership is a change in focus from trying to stand out as great to fading into the background and serving others. Don't seek being a Cult of Personality, rather seek to develop a Culture of Personality - built on relationships and empowering people.

Description: A business leader and researcher describe the importance of effective leaders revealing their failures as well as successes.

Description: This 2016 Annual Meeting session explores how leaders are evolving, how newer generations want to be engaged, and how to succeed in this new environment.

Description: Discusses the processes of setting effective objective and development plans

Description: It cam oftentimes be difficult to determine the easiest way for an SOA section member to volunteer. With our section's new focus, we will need a lot of help. This article talks through some of the more accessible places that section members can get involved.

Description: Hot topics and emerging trends in assumption development in US life insurance companies

Description: This article explores the development of the annuity market in the UK over the past 20 years. It examines the explosive growth achieved by the enhanced annuity market and delves into the kinds of customers attracted by these products and the kinds of enhancements typically presented. It also explores the impact of government policy changes which have lead to annuity volumes declining and 'drawdown' product becoming more popular.

Description: Chairperson’s column discussing a few of the important initiatives of the Financial Reporting Section.