Description: This editorial discusses how current actuaries can help those who are coming into the profession facing economic circumstances that differ materially from those of prior generations.

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: 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: The author suggests that true actuarial method is a blend of all three modes of thinking, clinical, statistical and heuristic, and using all three early in our processes will make us smarter modelers. From The Actuary, February 2012, Volume 9, Issue 1.

Description: The SOA Member and Candidate Survey is conducted every three years. This article highlights key findings.

Description: This article discusses the findings of the January 2007 paper regarding the mortality experience Fellows of the Society of Actuaries. The on–line my paper Mortality Experience of Members of the Society of Actuaries investigated the mortality experience of 3,037 members of the Society, including all Fellows who attained fellowship through 1974. This note takes the investigation through one more class of Fellows 1975 Fellows.

Description: This article is an interview with A. Haeworth Robertson, former chief actuary of the Social Security Administration, about his career.

Description: The following is written in response to an article that ran in the Dec. 2004 issue of The Actuary entitled, The Image of the Actuary: How Does the Profession Measure Up In Other Parts of the World? The letter is from Colegio Nacional de Actuarios. From The Actuary, April/May 2005

Description: Letter from the SOA president about lifelong learning, competency framework and advancing knowledge.

Description: Q&A with actuary and author Bradley M. Smith. In this interview, Smith discusses his business philosophies and the risks he has taken. His new book, What Do You Think?, is also reviewed.