Description: This column highlights the recent developments in the Investment, Marketing and Distribution, and Smaller Insurance Company Sections of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Municipal Reinvestment Contracts by Victor Modugno from Risks and Rewards Newsletter, September 2000, Issue No. 35.

Description: Interview with investment actuary Carl Hess, head of Towers Watson global investment practice, on his background and career path.

Description: Section chair Jeff Passmore encourages active participation in the section.

Description: Managerially Speaking, Tell Me, Which Shareholder Are We Talking About? by Marcel Gingras from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, July 2004, Issue No. 15.

Description: Hit The Ground Running In Your New Position by John West Hadley, FSA from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, July 2004, Issue No. 15.

Description: This article summarizes Discover Your Inner Economist, a self-help book with practical advice for dealing with particular situations, informed by hard data.

Description: The author offers tips to managers in how to bring a team together to meet company goals.

Description: Despite a clear need and demographics which should be favorable to LTCI growth, the market remains stalled due to lack of understanding on the consumer side, and uncertainty on carriers' side. The 3 key risk areas for carriers are morbidity, terminations, and investment earnings. Financial market innovations which can address these include: repackaging risks as derivative securities, interest rate swaps and options, and inflation swaps.

Description: Provides a summary of key points from the ERISA Advisory Council Report on Outsourcing (2014). The report provides interesting and important perspectives and the article encourages the reader to look at the report and consider the issues raised