Description: A look at current AI usage and future use cases.

Description: Interview of Natasha Regan about her mastery of the game of chess.

Description: A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation. This issue’s case study involved an actuary trying to add to staff, who encounters questionable behavior by a prominent actuarial recruiter. What the actuary actually did is shared after the compiled responses.

Description: This article is an update on the No Surprises Act, which is a U.S. Act aimed to reduce the risk that a person unexpectedly receives out of network charges for their health care visits. This is Part 2; Part 1 was featured in Health Watch's Sept 2024 issue.

Description: An update on the activities of the JRMS Council.

Description: Enumerates the observed preferences of attendees at the June 2011 Southeast Actuaries Conference, SEAC, for apps, phones, and other technological appliances and applications.

Description: The author discusses his transition from journalist to actuary. His goal is to help 21st century actuaries to be the best that we can be.

Description: Shares updates of the Actuary of the Future section

Description: This is the second in a series of articles about accounting for reinsurance under GAAP Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts (LDTI). It looks at GAAP, as amended by LDTI, as if there were no precedent, specifically focused on products that require net premium reserves. With possible objectives for compliance, performance, and simplicity, it describes calculation techniques that could achieve all three objectives for a variety of long-duration reinsurance contracts.

Description: Update on Health Section research projects and topics, including new vision and mission statements for the Health Section Council, research and communications projects, and information about the Health Actuarial Research Initiative.