Description: In this article about professional development, the new competency network is descibed and and emerging job opportunities in health care analytics are discussed.

Description: Although many actuaries are employed in the insurance industry, opportunities are opening up in a number of non-traditional areas. These areas include the financial services industry, marketing/ sales organizations, environmental liability, and benefits management, among many others including this actuary who works for the circus Cirque du Soleil.

Description: This article discusses the new profession of financial engineering and the fit of actuaries in this profession.

Description: I used the inspirational movie, Stand and Deliver, to describe the motivating high school mathematics teacher and leader, Jaime Escalente. Mr. Escalante believed that as long as you had the desire, you can accomplish wonderful things.

Description: Discussion of the work of the Cultivate Opportunities initiative of the SOA.

Description: This article profiles Rajiv Nundy's career. From Health Watch Newsletter, January 2008, Issue 57.

Description: An actuary talks about his career, his firm's ventures into partnerships between actuaries and health care professionals, and his role in the role in the largest actuarial malpractice settlement in history.

Description: A look at the career and accomplishments of Julia Philips, the only health actuary employed at the Minnesota Department of Commerce. She believes her learn-by-doing attitude has allowed her to build a career she enjoys, which includes her to work to promote consumer protection, volunteer with many organizations, and implement health reform.

Description: The author presents the key issues and objectives for 2005 for the Actuary of the Future Section Council.

Description: Process and challenges of a Delphi Study launched in 2012 to gather opinions on the current state of the SOA, the actuarial profession, and non-traditional opportunities.