Description: David K. Sandberg is an endorsed candidate for elected Board Member for SOA's 2017 elections. Read his candidate questionnaire.

Description: View the 2017 SOA Election results.

Description: James M. Glickman is SOA President-Elect and will take office as SOA President in October 2018. He is the president and CEO of LifeCare Assurance Company.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) proposes a legal structure change to create a new not-for-profit corporation – 501(c)(6) with the Society of Actuaries name in promoting the actuarial profession. The current SOA 501(c)(3) will be renamed the Society of Actuaries Research Institute, a controlled affiliate of the SOA.

Description: Life insurance and annuity illustrations are an important part of the sales and ongoing policy maintenance process educating consumers on how the products could perform in a given set of circumstances. While candidates for Fellowship in the Society of Actuaries and even practicing actuaries may have a general knowledge of what they are and awareness of the regulations and applicable standards of actuarial practice, they may not know much about the intricacies of illustrations and illustration testing. The purpose of this project is to create a resource to improve actuarial practitioners’ understanding of illustrations. Additionally, this topic is not currently addressed in the exam curriculum. It is intended that selected sections of the report on this research would be suitable for inclusion in the Fellowship syllabus.

Description: One of the many resources that the SOA offers for download are experience studies, such as disability, group and credit.

Description: Carol McCall led three teams – predictive analytics, health economics and outcomes research, and personalized medicine. The “river running through them” was that they all leveraged data. Her predictive analytics team eventually built a broad portfolio of models with some of them having a significant impact on Humana’s top and bottom lines.

Description: Individuals receive this award for their superior performance, team collaboration and effective communication, leadership and also for their inspiration to others.

Description: Charles Cadman and his team may be new to Kaggle’s data science challenges, but that didn’t stop them from achieving a top-ten finish.

Description: View the 2025 Partner Volunteer Award Recipients