Description: Discusses the International Section's Ambassador Program.

Description: This article announces that Lester Thurow, economist, professor and author, will be the keynote speaker at the Society of Actuaries' 1998 annual meeting, Oct. 18-21, in New York.

Description: In this article, the author discusses the purpose of the IME and announces the next location.

Description: This article provides an update to the sponsors of and events planned for the Society of Actuaries 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting, Oct. 17-20, 1999 in San Francisco.

Description: In this article, the outgoing Society of Actuaries President, Donald J. Segal, reviews what he learned in the past year about the SOA and the actuarial profession.

Description: How to narrow your focus or niche for business success.

Description: This is a listing of the members of the Committee on Mortality and Morbidity Among Lives Individually Insured. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962 Reports.

Description: This column descrbes the Society of Actuaries' Leadership Resource System, an important new project intended to help identify, develop and support the many members who volunteer their time or are elected to leadership positions.

Description: A key to achieving the visibility gained by those who are truly politically savvy is to keep a clear focus on challenges, so that those become visible to others.

Description: The article announces that the first David Garrick Halmstad prize has been awarded to Dr. Phelim P. Boyle for his 1978 paper in the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, 'Immunization Under Stochastic Models of the Term Structure.' The article also describes the history of this award. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1980, Vol. 1.