Description: Article discussing the best ways to attest continuing professional development.

Description: This article is a discussion about the trends and changes affecting the life insurance industry by impacting product growth. Read how today's ideas can become tomorrow's successes.

Description: This is an article explaining the options employers have under the Medicare Part D, or the Prescription Drug Improvement and Medicare Modernization Act - MMA - that took effect in January 2006. The article discusses 4 options under the MMA with the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Description: This article discusses ways to get the most out of your career, including aligning your passions with your talents.

Description: Canada has been proactive in establishing governance frameworks for reinsurance transactions. Initiatives from individuals, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions OSFI and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries CIA have addressed concerns about and scrutiny of reinsurance transactions from worldwide securities and insurance regulators, rating agencies and the media. It is important to note that actuaries have played a vital role in identifying and developing these initiatives and will continue to have a major influence in further development of governance standards and in providing education. From The Actuary Magazine June 2007

Description: The author of this article served as an author, panelist, moderator, and as the keynoter for the January 2011 first Living to 100 symposium. This article looks at issues by stakeholder discussed at the symposium, points to some of the papers presented, and leaves the reader with ideas about some of the big questions about longevity that are facing society.

Description: A redesign of the FSA track and the CERA credential have been underway to ensure the SOA provides a relevant and rich program of education. A final syllabus for the ERM is expected to be published in the spring, 2012 and for the FSA track in the spring, 2013. The SOA website contains more information on the pathway changes and transition rules. From The Actuary, February 2012, Volume 9, Issue 1.

Description: Letter from the SOA president discussing social media tools and networking.

Description: This article is the third in a series from the '2011 Living To 100 Symposium.' It examines the growing concern about doctor to patient ratio, including perspectives from Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.

Description: The following Sections provide updates of their recent activities: International, Forecasting and Futurism, Product Development, and Reinsurance. From The Actuary, February 2012, Volume 9, Issue 1.