Description: This article compares the characteristics of a retained executive search and a contingency search. It also provides guidelines for selecting a retained search firm

Description: This article describes several techniques to use to improve your political competence to build your career.

Description: The author presents the key best practices for the proper use of delegation which may be able to prevent big problems.

Description: This article is about focusing on what you can do and choosing to make the best of any situation.

Description: New for 2017, we are introducing a series of articles by experienced industry professionals who are relatively new to long-term care (LTC).

Description: Lessons learned by an actuary who makes a move to the dark side, sales and marketing, and becomes successful.

Description: February 2016 issue of Product Matters!

Description: This article is a review of the book by Joshua Foer. It covers the history of memory techniques, the way a human brain organizes memory, and various problems and successes in memory recall. The author starts by interviewing memory savants, and learns from them that the ability to perform seemingly impossible memory tricks is simply a matter of studying and practicing proven techniques used for millennia. This review suggests that actuaries can benefit greatly from some of these techniques despite the availability of electronic hand-held devices to recall facts because the person who does not need to rely upon such devices can have a huge perceptual advantage in executive presentations.

Description: We look in this article at the challenges which life insurance companies operating in a low interest environment have to face.

Description: This article summarizes the discussion from the spring meeting session: Managing Your Career Within a Traditional Employee Setting. Perspectives are shared from a consultant's view, and within an insurance company.