Description: The author defines what a personal actuary is, provides examples of the typical work of a personal actuary and outlines some of the sections current initiatives.

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: The author details his indirect path to becoming an actuary.

Description: Discussion with Suzanna-Grace Sayre on her career path, as well as any valuable insights she has to offer.

Description: Much of enterprise risk management has its roots in portfolio management and corporate finance. The concepts of trading off risk and return and benefits of diversification are well understood and articulated in both the actuarial and economics fields, so I don’t believe there are significant knowledge gaps preventing actuaries from contributing to the field. In fact, actuaries may have an advantage in many situations where a large part of a firm’s overall risk arises from pension activities or other more typical actuarial risks.

Description: The 13-year-old Task Force on the Personal Actuary. now aligned with the Actuary of the Future Section, has made tremendous progress educating the members of the SOA about this emerging area of practice.

Description: Interviews with actuaries working at nonprofits.

Description: Brief article focusing on the future of the actuarial profession.

Description: The chairperson provides an update of the Future Section's areas of focus: Career Pioneer Program, Critical Skills Education and Risk Management Opportunities.