Description: An actuary's review of the business classic "How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie.

Description: The author uses the example of a female matador to explore fixed and growth mindsets, and suggests ways to adjust beliefs to achieve greater success.

Description: We actuaries are aware that soft skills are important but somehow, they appear distant and difficult to sustain.

Description: Ruminations on changing skill sets and professions, with a focus on actuaries and data scientists

Description: As part of its recent change in focus, the Marketing and Distribution MAD Section has undertaken two initiatives which require specialized assistance. The first of these is to identify individuals with expertise and/or a common interest in various areas related to marketing and distribution. The second initiative addresses the broad product development process that surrounds actual product design and pricing.

Description: Discussion about the challenges of teaching life reinsurance to non-life reinsurance practitioners and regulators based on the experiences of the author

Description: Chairperson’s column discussing the section’s accomplishments during 2010.

Description: In this article, Society of Actuaries President, Donald J. Segal, discusses two topics: the importance of voting for a bylaws change that streamlines the U.S. actuarial profession’s disciplinary process, and what the SOA is doing to better serve actuarial clubs.

Description: Volunteering for the SOA offers you the opportunity to extend the knowledge of measuring and managing risk, to influence the direction of actuarial research, to network with other business leaders, or, perhaps most important, to have an impact on the next generation of actuaries.