Description: The Actuary of the Future Section launched The Ambassador Program in August 2002. The objective of this program is to support the mission of the Actuary of the Future Section in facilitating actuarial employment in new businesses and industries. To accomplish this objective, the program is designed to provide actuaries with information and answers to questions about opportunities in non-traditional fields.

Description: This article covers focus of the section council, progress on ongoing initiatives such as the Career Pioneer Program, and new initiatives including image building of the profession as well as support for actuaries in individual practice and/or small businesses.

Description: This article is about the job of a personal actuary and applicable regulations.

Description: Article focusing on the current and future state of health insurance in the U.S.

Description: A Note from the Editor...encouraging actuaries to expand into some nontraditional areas.

Description: Communication is how you think about problems, how you present ideas and how you relate to your audience. An actuary presents alternate ways to communicate to groups of life insurance agents.

Description: The author defines Enterprise-wide risk management as the management of the risks inherent in the basic model used by the enterprise to represent and understand its overall operations. However, the practice of enterprise-wide risk management is a risk in itself.

Description: The Younger Actuaries Network, YAN, is a special interest subgroup within the SOA’s Actuary of the Future Section. YAN has aimed to fill a void for actuaries across experience levels, disciplines and employers by giving them a means of interacting and learning from one another. This article discusses a networking event.

Description: In the midst of the financial crisis, a group of actuaries, representing the Joint Risk Management Section, the Investment Section, the International Network of Actuarial Risk Managers, and the Enterprise Risk Management Institute International published an extensive list of articles entitled, “Risk Management: The Current Financial Crisis, Lessons Learned and Future Implications”.

Description: A summary of Tonya Manning’s interview on the TV show, DL Hughley Breaks the News. Ms. Manning is Chief Actuary of AON Consulting, and she discussed the actuarial profession.