Description: A description of a new award for outstanding educators in actuarial science.

Description: A story about a mother/actuary’s journey of discovering her work-life balance through entrepreneurship.

Description: In a world filled with tweets, ever-breaking news, thousands of TV channels and millions of podcasts, is there any point to toiling away at an article? Or seeking a journal or magazine willing to publish it? It would seem that no one is likely to read about your hard-earned wisdom in this jam-packed world, much less be influenced or educated by it. Yet many of the reasons that have always propelled actuaries and their companies to take the time and trouble to publish an article (or two or more) still ring true today, ensuring that those of us who do make the effort will surely reap business development benefits. The likely competitive edge is just that strong. What competitive edge am I talking about? This article explains four reasons how and why this is so, especially when measured against competitors who would never even bother with this remarkable tactic.

Description: Expanding Horizons recently had the opportunity to interview Wenjun Zhu, the winner of the Society of Actuaries’ (SOA’s) third Actuarial Science Early Career Award.

Description: This article gives examples of good and bad prompts for actuaries to use when using large language models.

Description: The incoming E&R chair for the coming year reflects on past accomplishments of the E&R council, acknowledges with thanks contributors, and looks forward to continuation in the coming year.

Description: Joint Risk Management Section chairperson's corner, June 2023

Description: Interview with John Robinson, SOA President-Elect and Vice Chair, on several topics of importance to the SOA.

Description: An interview with Jim Glickman, past SOA president 2018 to 2019, and president and CEO of LifeCare Assurance Company, about his life as an actuary.

Description: Reflection and messaging from ISC chair for March 2025 newsletter