Description: Feature article describing more realistic stages of risk and how to manage each stage. From The Actuary Magazine, Dec 2009

Description: Final installment of a series on the evolution of risk management with a close look at high profile failed corporations.

Description: Letter from the SOA president describing his year in term.

Description: This article discusses the growing number of cases of dementia and its effects on economics and loved ones.

Description: This article discusses the highlights of the SOA 2010 Annual Meeting, some of which included recognizing the 2010 Hickman Scholars and the Center of Actuarial Excellence CAE schools.

Description: This article describes SOA members’ options for professional development. It also describes the Competency Framework, which consists of eight competencies - knowledge, skills and abilities - that are required for the actuaries of today and tomorrow.

Description: This article is about papers submitted in response to a Retirement 20/20 call for submission of papers about Tier II retirement systems, i.e. those that are employer-provided retirement benefits that fit between social insurance and private savings.

Description: Letter from the SOA president addressing the importance of volunteering. Also included are the responses from some volunteers who were asked various questions on the subject of volunteering.

Description: This is the December 2011 cover of The Actuarial magazine displaying the featured articles inside: How to Handle ORSA, The Actuarial Profession in India, and The SOA's Competency Framework

Description: The mission of the Education and Research E&R Section is described. The next two Actiarial Research Conferences are detailed. The pension section briefly discusses the decline of defined benefit pension plans.