Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) Board of Directors (Board) gathered in Chicago March 16–17 for its first meeting of the year. Among key topics on the agenda were the FSA pathway evolution update, Board elections, strategic planning and the use of AI in the workforce.

Description: This episode of the Society of Actuaries’ podcast features Senior Vice President and Principal at Lewis & Ellis Dave Dillon; entrepreneur and founder of Cost Plus Drugs, Mark Cuban; and Jon Forster, SOA Director of Professional Development Learning and Content Design. Together, they explore entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, and the evolving healthcare landscape. The conversation includes what it takes to be successful in business, the current healthcare landscape, and the state of AI in actuarial work. Mark shares the origin and mission behind Cost Plus Drugs, underscoring the critical role of price transparency and trust in improving healthcare access and affordability.

Description: Article describes best practices for teaching a course module that involves multiple parameters. A good example is hypothesis testing which requires consideration of the parameters, sample-size, population distribution, known variance and has as consequences whether a normal or t distribution should be used or whether non parametric methods are used. The articles recommends use of the Prime Implicant Normal Form as a means of teaching. It shows the superiority of this method over other forms such as heuristics, complete rules, or graduated approaches.

Description: An interview with Diana Skrzydlo, the inaugural winner of the SOA Outstanding Educator Award, about her teaching and the future of actuarial education.

Description: This is the third in a four-part series dedicated to strategies for improving EQ, based on the book Emotional Intelligence 2.0 written by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves. In previous issues of The Stepping Stone, I discussed the skills of self-awareness and self-management. In this article, I will share a few more of the book’s strategies and provide examples and personal insights to illustrate how to develop the third skill of social awareness in personal, social, and business situations.

Description: Information about being on a section council. Explains the duties and requirements of the office.

Description: Volunteer Orientation Handbook contains high level organizational information about volunteering at the SOA. It is a reference manual for use by volunteers.

Description: Entry in the Speculative Fiction Contest 2019

Description: Entry in the Speculative Fiction Contest 2019

Description: Entry in the Speculative Fiction Contest 2019