Description: Brief essay on the benefits of focused pratice and the idea that differences between expert performers and normal adults reflect a long-life persistence of deliberate effort to improve performance.

Description: Adapted from Chapter 1 of the book "Awake at Work" by Michael Carroll, the article discusses the ongoing dilemma the actuary faces in determining the appropriate amount of effort and analysis to put into a given actuarial assignment being juggled with several competing priorities.

Description: The author discusses his journey to becoming an FSA at the age of 20.

Description: This article is a summary of two presentations sponsored by the Small Insurance Company Section. The first was a webcast on March 13, 2012, and the second was at the ERM Symposium on April 20, 2012.

Description: This article calls to attention the more modest needs of smaller companies contained in the PBA Implementation Guide.

Description: This article discusses the Society of Actuaries' Professional Development Committee and how it can be useful to an actuaries' professional development.

Description: It is a description of the 13 subgroups which currently exist, gives a brief description of the expectations of a subgroup leader, and a request for volunteers.

Description: Chairperson's Corner discussing actuarial principles and what we as actuaries value in our work.

Description: this article is a recap of The 23rd Annual Conference of the Caribbean Actuarial Association

Description: Illustrates key differences, in earnings for a segment of term insurance, between current GAAP standards and GAAP targeted improvements (based on tentative board decisions preceding the release of an exposure draft).