Description: Application for travel grants to the 51st Actuarial Research Conference

Description: Criteria for 2016 Individual Grants Competition

Description: Article from Actuary of the Future discussing the Actuarial program at the University of Iowa.

Description: The re-cap of the last year by the chair of the Actuary of the Future section, Andrew Dalton. During the year, the section council has established and tackled some aggressive, forward-looking goals. These goals were shared in our spring newsletter. The rest of the article is an update the progress as a section and as a profession.

Description: An overview of the Actuary of the Future Section AoF, the Actuarial Society of Greater New York, and the Entrepreneurial Actuaries Section speed networking event.

Description: Emails are to the business world what cars are to a road trip: we can't get anywhere without them. This article offers 6 specific strategies to write emails more effectively. The theme is that re-reading your emails to check for a clear goal, conciseness, appropriate tone, etc. is a worthwhile time investment as it saves your reader time and prevents problems caused by miscommunication.

Description: The SOA and Plug and Play relationship will allow InsurTech start-ups to validate their technology and modeling processes with actuaries. The strategic partnership with Plug and Play demonstrates the SOA’s commitment to providing its members with dynamic learning experiences, rewarding volunteer opportunities, and collaborative events where they can learn from the experiences and ideas of peers around the world.

Description: Comments from the departing chairperson of the Technology Section. Highlights and initiatives of the current and coming year are discussed.

Description: This article announces the top five graduate student presentations from the 44th Actuarial Research Conference in 2009.

Description: The Society of Actuaries' managing director of actuarial research provided an overview of research activities including the funding behind research projects and the staff/volunteers involved with research.