The Academy’s third professionalism webinar of 2019, “Reliance: ‘...A Little Help From My Friends,’” looked at how actuarial standards of practice (ASOPs) approach reliance and offered mini-case studies in all practice areas. (Actuarial Update, October 2019)
Academy volunteers gave professionalism presentations at a variety of meetings and seminars around the country on October, covering ethical and other issues and offering Academy professionalism resources. (Actuarial Update, October 2019)
The October “Professionalism Counts” column, “Common Year-End Qualification Questions,” covers continuing education (CE) basics that actuaries should keep in mind in fulfilling their annual CE and professionalism requirements. (Actuarial Update, October 2019)
This Week: Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum Registration Ends Today; P/C Webinar to Look at Qualified Actuary Requirements
Read the latest issue of This Week—the Academy’s end-of-week digital newsletter, compiling a week’s worth of news, updates, and media coverage in one convenient, easy-to-use publication.
Pension Committee Releases Variable Annuity Plans Practice Note
The Pension Committee released a public policy practice note to provide information to actuaries on current and emerging practices for measuring obligations of defined benefit pension plans that include variable annuity benefits.
In the November/December issue of Contingencies, the cover story, “A Valuable Piece of the Puzzle,” posits that shrewd companies stand to benefit from hiring neurodiverse actuaries. Other features include “Model Behavior,” which contains several practical applications of artificial intelligence in actuarial science; and “Where Are the Whip-Makers?”—in the Actuarial Software Now supplement, the workplace of tomorrow will look very different from today; should actuaries be concerned?
