Description: This article highlights member survey results intended to assess the level of support for Society of Actuaries programs.

Description: This article discusses the Society of Actuaries' Professional Development Committee and how it can be useful to an actuaries' professional development.

Description: Resources to help actuaries be leaders in their workplace or profession

Description: Professional development opportunities from the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Final regulations imposing Continuing Professional Education CPE requirements for enrolled actuaries in the United States were promulgated recently by the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries. The Joint Board was established by federal law ERISA in 1974 to regulate pension actuaries. Certain pension actuarial certifications required by ERISA must be performed by an enrolled actuary As described below, the CPE requirements will cause some administrative inconvenience for enrolled actuaries but - with certain notable exceptions - will not affect our behavior.

Description: The editor’s summary of topics covered in the May 2011 issue of The Independent Consultant, the newsletter of the Entrepreneurial Actuaries Section.

Description: Adapted from Chapter 1 of the book "Awake at Work" by Michael Carroll, the article discusses the ongoing dilemma the actuary faces in determining the appropriate amount of effort and analysis to put into a given actuarial assignment being juggled with several competing priorities.

Description: This article is a summary of the presentations and activities at the Eleventh Annual Actuarial Research Conference, held from September 2 to September 4, 1976 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. One of the key actuarial topics at the conference was the concept of clustering analysis.

Description: Decade and year in review.