Description: Interview with entrepreneurial actuary, Nick Blitterswyk.

Description: Editorial discussing opportunities for actuaries in the health care industry.

Description: As part of the 2019 Disruptions to the Actuarial Profession Contest, this essay posits that the actuarial profession should respond to other fields encroaching on its space, particularly software development and data science, not by a defensive reaction to establish a boundary between fields but instead by a welcoming attitude that seeks to utilize expertise from other fields while maintaining the actuarial role of comprehensive risk management and its hard-earned professional trust.

Description: This article is about how to start a career in the technology field.

Description: Industry experts say the need for actuarial skills is growing as emerging markets across the world become more sophisticated. CAA Global aims to meet that need and offers a route to an internationally recognized qualification for those who don’t want to follow the traditional actuarial qualification pathway. The Certified Actuarial Analyst (CAA) qualification is a standalone qualification supported by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and the Society of Actuaries (SOA), two of the largest actuarial education bodies in the world.

Description: Review of 2010 events and accomplishments of the Untapped Opportunities work group for the Health Section: market research analyzing the perceptions and potential roles of actuaries in the broader health care industry, educational programs on medical and clinical matters, planned research destined to expand brand awareness of health actuaries, and building organizational partnerships.

Description: This is a paper on how to become the go-to person or in other words, the person that stands out from the competition and gets better assignments through writing articles which show your ability to think strategically about client issues.

Description: This paper considers the problem of actuaries acting as advisers to individuals. This activity is covered by regulations, discussed in the paper, that currently recognize other professions but not actuaries. The paper recommends that actuarial organizations lobby the relevant legislative and regulatory bodies to provide actuaries pursuing an investment-focused career path with the same exemption status as other professionals.

Description: Brief article focusing on the future of the actuarial profession.

Description: The chairperson provides an update of the Future Section's areas of focus: Career Pioneer Program, Critical Skills Education and Risk Management Opportunities.