Description: SOA Announces New Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst Designation A new professional designation–the Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA)–is now available and has been designed to demonstrate competence in the field of enterprise risk management (ERM) within broader financial services, insurance and pension markets. The CERA designation was created to help students and business professionals prepare for and seize opportunities in the evolving discipline of ERM. The Actuary Magazine June 2007

Description: This is an editorial about the actuarial profession. From The Actuary Magazine August 2007

Description: The article summarizes a survey conducted by the Pension Section's Research Team. Nearly 2,400 actuaries responded with answers that ranged from abolishing the system to expanding the program to include all workers. The question, What changes, if any, should be made to the current system? is recapped.

Description: In October 2006, the SOA Board of Governors approved proposed changes to the existing Constitution and bylaws that will streamline these documents into one governing document. Voting fellows will be asked for their endorsement of these changes in conjunction with the annual election for officers and directors beginning Aug. 9, 2007. From The Actuary Magazine August 2007

Description: This is a graph from an article in The Actuary Magazine entitlled A Strategic Analysis of the U.S. Life Insurance Industry Part II: Products.

Description: Update on section activities

Description: The author tries to expalin why actuaries failed to capitalise on their century-old head start in the field of financial economics.

Description: This article discusses the problems facing long-term care insurance. These include slowing sales, large premium increases and carriers exiting the market. The author suggests that the public needs to be better educated and that insurers need to find innovative ways to design products that are sustainable, yet sufficiently affordable to be attractive to a wide variety of buyers.

Description: This article describes the Society of Actuaries E-Courses on Corporate Finance: Introduction to Corporate Finance, and Decision Making and Communication.