Description: This article spotlights four groups that are all working to move the SOA’s strategic agenda forward.

Description: Editorial on Continuing Education.

Description: Letter from the president. After a long, but gratifying, six-year journey, the SOA’s basic education restructuring is now fully implemented. Basic education (i.e., through FSA) now reflects a sound, solid continuum.

Description: This article contains interviews with the directors of three Society of Actuaries departments. Margaret Ann Jordan is the managing director of Information Technology and Services, Tiffany Berger is the director of Finance and Facilities, and Toni Murril is the director of Human Resources.

Description: Feature article about what the SOA’s CPD Requirement means to actuaries.

Description: An article from The Actuary that highlights the strategic importance of inter-company mortality studies. Broad-based mortality studies form the backbone of the life actuarial profession. However, few companies have sufficient exposure or deaths to construct their own mortality table. Even is some large companies have enough data, there is still a vast majority of companies that do not. Historically, the void has been filled by means of inter-company studies.

Description: This is an interview from The Actuary magazine. Mr. Francois Bourdon, FSA, was chosen co-recipient of the Professional Risk Manager (PRM) Candidate of the Year award for 2004. The Actuary decided to ask Mr. Bourdon about his recipe for success.

Description: This article is based on a presentation made by the author at the Annual Meeting of the Actuarial Society of New York in September 2004. The example of the position inventory and complementary skills acquired is from the author's own professional experience. From The Actuary Magazine, April/May 2005

Description: Examines the trends affecting the distribution system for the industry's products, and the regulatory and tax environment in which life companies operate. Also looks briefly at the state of competition in the industry.

Description: SOA President Stephen G. Kellison shares his thoughts on the future of the actuarial profession.