Description: A brief review of reading recommendations from the The Actuary’s contributing editors: 1. IFRS Exposure Draft on Insurance Contracts. 2. The Nuts and Bolts of Credit Scores. 3. Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science - How American Healthcare Killed My Father, 4. New Basel III Rules are Announced. 5. Is Law School a Losing Game?

Description: Insurance accounting is in the midst of significant changes, many of which were proposed during a time of severe economic uncertainty. Given the concern about these regulations by many insurance finance executives, it is time for a re-examination of the capabilities of the financial reporting function. For insurers, actuarial components are a critical part of the financial reports, and so actuaries can be expected to play a critical role in moving the overall financial and regulatory reporting function forward. In fact, the financial and regulatory reporting function in an insurance company cannot advance significantly without actuarial expertise. This article explains how actuaries are therefore in the position of being able to help drive the evolution of a company’s finance function.

Description: This article features two actuaries, one is a pilot and the other owns a cake business. From The Actuary, February 2012, Volume 9, Issue 1.

Description: This article highlights the new mobile technology features available to actuaries so they may make the most of their memberships, such as Apps, QR Codes, Podcasts, E-Learning adapted for the I-Pad, and the SOA's online mobile directory. From The Actuary, February 2012, Volume 9, Issue 1.

Description: This presentation shows how the the linear model is derived assuming that the force increases linearly over the year.

Description: This is the Schedule of the sessions at the 46th Actuarial Research Conference in August, 2012.

Description: This article from the Actuarial Research Clearing House, ARCH, discusses that ARCH is an informal electronic publication presenting current actuarial research, outlines the requirements for publication and states the editorial policy.

Description: This is article identifies and quantifies how one of several prospective cures for chronic conditions will impact healthcare.

Description: This poster describes the optimal investment and benefit payment problem for a target benefit pension with default risk and model uncertainty.

Description: The FASB is contemplating a joint project with the IASB on a new comprehensive accounting standard for insurance based on its Preliminary Views on Insurance Contracts. This article suggests that the best way to achieve the IASB objective of market-consistent valuation of liabilities is to use an explicit liquid/illiquid economic valuation and reporting paradigm.