Description: Summarizing activities of the SOA product development council.

Description: Departing chairman’s column recapping past accomplishments and describing future section initiatives.

Description: A real life situation is posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision, and readers are invited to submit their responses to "What Would You Do?" This issue’s case study involved choosing between two actuarial candidates in a hiring decision.

Description: The true value of any leader is measured by how much they are able to accomplish through the work of their team. Actuaries in leadership roles are no different. But, to get the most out of your teams, leaders must first focus on building a high-performance culture. One that rewards measurable success and challenges everyone to reach farther all the time. There is no easy path to building a high-performance culture, but the benefits of a leader’s efforts will pay substantial dividends for the team, the leader, and the company. This series of articles is intended to educate leaders of large and small groups on how to build a high-performance culture and achieve outstanding results.

Description: The introduction of a new recurring feature, full of relevant content by young professionals, for young professionals.

Description: Have you ever felt paralyzed seeing all the things before you that seemed impossible to complete? Asking for help can help, even though most of us don't want to seem inept or weak. This article outlines the benefits of asking for help, provides advice about how to do it, and describes the benefits of doing so.

Description: The Taxation Section of the Society of Actuaries recently conducted a survey of its members to get a better understanding of how actuaries are being utilized in areas where tax plays a role within the insurance industry. The results of the survey are discussed in this article.

Description: Discussion of current goals and challenges for the Taxation Section.

Description: John Naisbitt, in Megatrends, defined a megatrend as a general shift in thinking or approach affecting countries, industries and organizations. This article challenges actuaries to consider off-the-charts factors within their risk maps and consider their potential impact.

Description: This article describes how the Estonian Actuarial Association got started. In 2011, the EAS has 26 members of them, of which eight are fully qualified.