Description: The Stepping Stone issue 60, November 2015

Description: A health actuary describes her journey as a parent of a child with medical needs, and the complexities associated with navigating the health insurance industry.

Description: In this article about effective communicating, the author starts with saying “think about it—how many times have you hit ‘send’ and wished you could get that e-mail back?” The author goes on to discuss communication blunders and provide advice on thinking before responding, as in situations where you feel something unfair has been said or you are otherwise defensive.

Description: Overview of the Society of Actuaries' Ambassador Program, list of ambassadors, and profile of new ambassador to Indonesia, Kim Yeoh.

Description: Opinion article that explores the possibility of the actuarial profession producing its own Nate Silver, someone able to convert complicated actuarial concepts into meaningful and understandable public communications.

Description: This article provides advice and guidance to young actuaries looking to influence their leaders and senior management.

Description: Although crisis management remain often seen through a “communication lens”, it has in reality more in common with risk management than usually thought. Both crisis and risk management are anticipatory endeavors, with most of the work being carried out in peace time; both require a deep understanding of the organization’s activities and ecosystem; both have the same overarching objective to enable the organization to survive a brutal change to its usual operating conditions. Developing integration between the two functions would thus go a long way toward a more resilient organization.