Description: Update on LTC Section activities and other issues from the perspective of a Society of Actuaries' staff actuary.

Description: In the U.S. in the late 1980’s, the Internal Revenue Service was taking steps to try to institute explicit boundaries for the actuarial assumptions being used in 'funding' valuations to determine the appropriate contribution levels for small pension plans. This article was written in the context of that environment, to defend the rights of actuaries to their professional judgement. The courts eventually supported this perspective.

Description: Josh summarizes key findings distilled from last year’s Pension Section Survey, and reports on a fifteen-item action plan that was ratified by the Pension Section Council in February for near-term implementation.

Description: Professional development opportunities from the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Emilie Bouchard introduces herself as Canadian Liaison for SOA.

Description: A new generation of Armenian actuaries have started to write SOA exams. The state of development of the profession is explored in this article.

Description: The article talks abouts the launching of ActuET in Tunisia. ActuET is a new born student association which tend to promote actuarial sciences in Tunisa

Description: Discussion of areas of focus for the Actuary of the Future Section for the year, by the Chair.

Description: The Professional Development Committee is an SOA board of directors appointed committee that has overall responsibility for managing the development of the professional development (PD) curriculum.

Description: Outgoing editor, Gail Lawrence looks back at her editorship and remarks on the future of the health actuarial field.