Contingencies

Feature

Actuaries, Decision-Making, and COVID-19

Uncertainty is our bailiwick—what can we learn from this crisis? By Kurt J. Wrobel By almost any measure, the COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most impactful events of our lives. As I write this, the novel coronavirus has killed over... Read More

Feature

Then and Now—A look back at the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic can tell us a lot about how COVID-19 might play out

By Greg Szrama III A couple years (or was that months?) past, in February 2020, the United States government began planning in earnest for the arrival of COVID-19. By March, numerous media outlets ran pieces on the 1918 “Spanish” flu. Now as... Read More

Feature

On Economics: First Principles

An introduction to what is sometimes called ‘the dismal science’—and why actuaries should care By Carlos Fuentes and Shiraz Jetha Editor’s note: This is the first article in an occasional series by the authors about economics. An... Read More