Description: This article summarizes a joint SOA/Kaiser Family Foundation initiative focused on addressing the rising cost of health care in the United States.

Description: This column highlights the recent developments in the Financial Reporting, Long Term Care Insurance, and Management & Personal Development Sections of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Section activity overview by section council chair

Description: Hear from the chairperson on themes in the March 2017 issue of Health Watch, published by the Health Section.

Description: Address to the health section members from the section chairperson.

Description: Strategies for providing clarity to your work team

Description: Actuaries play pivotal roles in insurance companies, consulting firms, and throughout the industry. With the ongoing accounting and regulatory changes, process and system modernization, and the rapidly changing environment, actuaries frequently find themselves working in multidisciplinary projects with non-actuarial teams. In order to take on broader leadership roles, actuaries are often times expected to partner with and/or lead non-actuarial personnel. How can actuaries work most effectively with non-actuaries? A panel of industry leaders across different disciplines will share their perspectives on actuaries working with and building effective relationships with non-actuarial colleagues. The panelists will cover how actuaries add value in a non-actuarial world, what aspects actuaries can focus on to be more effective across disciplines, and incorporate success stories as well as lessons learned.

Description: Summary of the 2016 SOA Health Meeting in Philadelphia, PA

Description: The authors identify several vulnerabilities of actuarial leaders and offer tips on how to address these weaknesses and strengthen leadership skills.

Description: The author compares team leaders to lessons learned on the TV show Restaurant Impossible.