Description: This column highlights the recent developments in the Investment, Marketing and Distribution, and Smaller Insurance Company Sections of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: This article contains a summary of some of the presentations given at the October 2013 SOA Annual Meeting in San Diego.

Description: As the Board member partner assigned to work with the Actuary of the Future Section as of March 2005, I am reporting to you about several topics that may interest the section membership for this newsletter. Many of you have already received a lot of information and/or have read articles about the strategic plan, the image campaign, the reorganization of the SOA by sections versus practice areas and other large efforts underway at the SOA. There are many other things going on that are exciting, so I will focus on sharing other issues with you that may be less well known.

Description: Q&A with recruiters from DW Simpson discussing the current actuarial job market and anticipated future changes.

Description: Editor introduction to the Fall 2017 edition of Small Talk.

Description: This article discusses the management experience gap. If management experience is a requirement for a manager level position, how does somebody ever get the chance to develop such experience? The author suggests volunteering time and energy in the community.

Description: Have you ever thought you did something very well just to be given feedback that proves you wrong? A leadership story that started with delegation.

Description: This column lists articles and other forms of media The Actuary’s contributing editors feel will be of interest to their fellow actuaries.

Description: Cassie He and Kabeer Jhaveri invite Michael Frank, a health, accident and life actuary with 24 years of experience, to talk about his career experience, his insightful views on the room to growth for actuaries and also the changes happening to the profession.