Description: This article reflects on the discipline agreement signed by the CIA and the U.S.-based actuarial organizations, intended to avoid multiple disciplinary investigations arising out of a single complaint, inquiry or incident involving an alleged breach of the professional standards of the CIA and/or the U.S.-based organizations.

Description: In this increasingly global economy, actuaries frequently find themselves in situations involving cross-border practice. This is particularly true for U.S. and Canadian actuaries. This article is about recent agreements and discussions among the U.S. actuarial organizations and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries [CIA] that clarify how the various actuarial standards apply to cross-border activities.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 This session presented the results of a survey of the U.S. actuarial profession conducted by the Committee on Professional Responsibility of the American Academy of Actuaries. This survey asked questions relating to the individual actuary's awareness of and familiarly with the Code of Professional Conduct, Actuarial Standards of Practice, and qualification standards, as well as understanding of the activities of the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline.

Description: U.S. actuaries working in Canada are subject to Canadian code of conduct rules. This article explains the operation of the CIA with respect to this issue and compares discipline procedures in the U.S versus Canada.

Description: In this article, the editor discusses situations where an actuary faces choosing between a position that theaten's one's job or doing that which is required professionally. From: The Actuary 2000, Vol. 34, No. 2.

Description: This is a report about inflation and index-linked securities in the United Kingdom.

Description: In this article, Society of Actuaries President, Donald J. Segal, discusses two topics: the importance of voting for a bylaws change that streamlines the U.S. actuarial profession’s disciplinary process, and what the SOA is doing to better serve actuarial clubs.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting discusses the actuarial codes of professional conduct and standards of practice in the U.S., how the codes from other countries pertain to actuaries practicing there and code and cultural differences in other countries. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3a.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Las Vegas, NV May 22-24, 2000 Discussion of expert witness testimony, the process involved in preparing expert witness reports, and the pitfalls.Also discussion of the differences between the role of expert witness versus a consultant to a lawyer. The proposed Actuarial Standard of Practice on expert witness work is also incorporated. Learn from two skilled professionals about the reason for expert witness testimony, the process involved in preparing expert witness reports, and the joys and pitfalls encountered.

Description: An excerpt from an address by Peter E. Moody, F.I.A., President of the Institute of Actuaries at a Society of Actuaries meeting in Minneapolis in May 1980. The address dealt with recent activities toward cooperation between professions in the UK.