Description: A story about a mother/actuary’s journey of discovering her work-life balance through entrepreneurship.

Description: An update on the activities of the JRMS Council.

Description: This piece is on Risk normalization and looks to draw upon underlying ideas as to why in some cases, risks are under or over analyzed from an individual perspective in society. This piece is intended to make the reader think about what risks they partake in on a daily basis that may have been 'numbed' in some sense by societal normalization fo these risk. Conversely, readers also may be questioned with what risks have overplayed by society, in particular risks that have been over inflated by media and other driving factors.

Description: A description of a new award for outstanding educators in actuarial science.

Description: In a world filled with tweets, ever-breaking news, thousands of TV channels and millions of podcasts, is there any point to toiling away at an article? Or seeking a journal or magazine willing to publish it? It would seem that no one is likely to read about your hard-earned wisdom in this jam-packed world, much less be influenced or educated by it. Yet many of the reasons that have always propelled actuaries and their companies to take the time and trouble to publish an article (or two or more) still ring true today, ensuring that those of us who do make the effort will surely reap business development benefits. The likely competitive edge is just that strong. What competitive edge am I talking about? This article explains four reasons how and why this is so, especially when measured against competitors who would never even bother with this remarkable tactic.

Description: In this session, industry leaders in both actuarial work and organization design/change management will focus on how the past three years have accelerated, changed, or slowed trends in the nature of actuarial work, particularly for larger-scale projects with a technology or development life-cycle component.

Description: 2023 Next Generation Leaders Summit

Description: Interview with John Robinson, SOA President-Elect and Vice Chair, on several topics of importance to the SOA.

Description: 2024 Actuarial Research Council

Description: How do Professionalism and the Actuarial Standards of Practice apply as the way we work and tools we use continue to change? Business is conducted via social media and messaging and Generative AI allows for additional scenarios, analysis and oversight. Join us for an interactive session to go deeper into these topics including case studies, polls and a panel discussion.