Actuarial Update, January 2020
Just in time for the start of the 2020 election cycle, the January Actuarial Update includes the Academy’s “2020 Making Issues Count” election guides, offering voters information on key issues of interest including health insurance, Social Security, and more. Also in the issue: The Actuaries Climate Risk Index provides results associating dollar estimates of property losses in the United States with changes in extreme weather; Academy representatives attended Canada’s Actuarial Students National Association annual convention; the latest “Actuary Voices” podcast episode is the second part of an interview with Past President Tom Wildsmith; and the “Professionalism Counts” column looks at the new Actuarial Standard of Practice No. 56, Modeling.