Description: Article discussing the SOA’s plans for growth.

Description: Letters from readers regarding two articles - NO BOUNDARIES: The SOA as a Global Organization—Serving All Members and Retirement Software Eat Dots, Avoid Ghosts.

Description: This is one actuary's tale about her experience with business analytics involving bats, stats, and a task force. From The Actuary, February 2012, Volume 9, Issue 1.

Description: This article highlights a book called Episodes in the Life of Charles Francis McCay - Academic, Actuary. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 7

Description: List of key initiatives for the Society of Actuaries and how they were developed.

Description: This article is a profile of Jim Tilley, a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries a founding trustee of The Actuarial Foundation in 1994. He responds to a few questions about his career.

Description: This article reports on the unveiling of a revitalized 'brand' for actuaries revealed at the recent SOA Annual Meeting including the speech by past president Bob Beuerlein and other activities throughout the meeting. The new tagline 'Risk is Opportunity' was introduced and embraced by the members.

Description: This article summarizes a survey on career satisfaction and advancement conducted last fall via FutureRisk.org. The survey asked actuaries about topics ranging from their current job situation, employer and professional aspirations to job satisfaction, career advancement activities and training received via various resources.

Description: This series of articles provides an in-depth look at the activities of the SOA in 2009.

Description: Insurance accounting is in the midst of significant changes, many of which were proposed during a time of severe economic uncertainty. Given the concern about these regulations by many insurance finance executives, it is time for a re-examination of the capabilities of the financial reporting function. For insurers, actuarial components are a critical part of the financial reports, and so actuaries can be expected to play a critical role in moving the overall financial and regulatory reporting function forward. In fact, the financial and regulatory reporting function in an insurance company cannot advance significantly without actuarial expertise. This article explains how actuaries are therefore in the position of being able to help drive the evolution of a company’s finance function.