Description: This roundtable discussion focuses on to what extent the life insurance industry has adopted ERM practices.

Description: Feature article announcing the original 13 universities named as centers of actuarial excellence. From the Actuary Magazine, April/May 2010 Vol. 7 Issue 2

Description: Column about the importance of volunteers to the SOA. From The Actuary, August/Sept 2010 Vol 7 Issue 4

Description: John Naisbitt, in Megatrends, defined a megatrend as a general shift in thinking or approach affecting countries, industries and organizations. This article challenges actuaries to consider off-the-charts factors within their risk maps and consider their potential impact.

Description: This article describes how the SOA worked with the American Academy of Actuaries to ensure lessons learned from the financial crisis were shared with congress. Also covered were the movement to virtual sessions at SOA meetings and the project to combine the Life Spring Meeting and the Product Development Symposium.

Description: This article describes how the Estonian Actuarial Association got started. In 2011, the EAS has 26 members of them, of which eight are fully qualified.

Description: The author of this article served as an author, panelist, moderator, and as the keynoter for the January 2011 first Living to 100 symposium. This article looks at issues by stakeholder discussed at the symposium, points to some of the papers presented, and leaves the reader with ideas about some of the big questions about longevity that are facing society.

Description: In this article the author suggests a game-changing idea - Require as part of the governance process an “independent risk audit” performed by a CERA.

Description: Letter from the SOA president discussing social media tools and networking.