Description: Specific formatting guidelines for SOA research reports produced after May, 2008.

Description: An update on developments within the SOA Ambassador Program up to December 2015.

Description: Errata and corrections to the 2nd Edition of Loss Models, updated July 6, 2006.

Description: This is a Washington Post article in which the reporter, Caroline E. Mayer, quotes actuary Amy Pahl about long-term care needs.

Description: This 2007 article from U.S. News & World Report by Paul J. Lim and Emily Brandon is about households retiring with less assets saved than was planned. It references an Employee Benefit Research Institute study and includes quotes from Anna Rappaport, FSA.

Description: This is a Washington Post article in which the reporter, Catherine Rampell, quotes Dale Yamamoto, FSA, about General Motors and the United Auto Workers bargaining over a plan for creating a union-controlled tax-exempt trust fund [VEBA] to pay for retiree health benefits.

Description: LON-CAPA is a full-featured course management, learning content management, and assessment system. It was initially developed by Michigan State University under several National Science Foundation grants. You can run LON-CAPA for free on your own dedicated server. Purdue University has used LON-CAPA to create a robust online homework system for the Financial Mathematics material of the FM Exam. This homework system is in the public domain and may be used by any university running LON-CAPA. This session will provide additional information and include a demonstration of the system.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) is a membership organization dedicated to education, research, and the profession. This session will provide an overview of the SOA and its various university programs and initiatives.

Description: Court is in session and you are the jury! Follow along as challenging aspects of actuarial professionalism are explored in a court-like setting. Deliberate based on what you already know from your own experience as well as what you learn in this session, and then deliver your verdict accordingly. Who says learning about actuarial professionalism can't also be fun?

Description: To discuss actuaries, as a rational group with systematic professional knowledge training in life insurance companies, should participate more in the discussion of enterprise management and make greater contributions to the industry at the stage when the industry is facing transformation and exploring new development ideas.