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Tim Geddes
What is your practice area and/or area of expertise?
Retirement Consulting
What led you to become an actuary? and what attracted you to the profession?
Throughout my schooling, I appreciated the apparent certainty and objectivity of math....
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Insurance, With an Assist from Actuaries, Brings Security to Consumers
By Ted Gotsch Senior Policy Analyst, Content and Publications
The world is an uncertain place, one where we often find ourselves not in control of everything happening around us. We face risks every day-to our health, our property, our...
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New Podcast From the Academy
Check out the latest podcast from the Actuary Voices series. In this episode, David Daly, president of the Sexuality and Gender Alliance of Actuaries (SAGAA), shares his unusual journey to becoming an actuary, and discusses how SAGAA...
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Alphabet Soup Round 2 - NCOIL
By Matthew Sonduck Director, Public Policy
It happened again. The alphabet soup of acronyms reared its ugly head.
This time I was chatting with a new neighbor, who just moved in down the street. After exchanging...
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During Hurricane Season, an Ounce of Prevention Could Lead to Significant Savings
By Robert Fischer Policy Analyst, Casualty Practice Council
The season for the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes may have ended in May after falling to the New York Rangers in the playoffs, but a much more dangerous hurricane season begins...
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Academy Unveils Content Addressing Social Security, Medicare Trustees Reports
By Ted Gotsch
Senior Policy Analyst, Content and Publications
Earlier this month, the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees issued their annual reports on the financial status of the Social Security and Medicare programs. The reports...
Member Spotlight
Ron Ogborne
What is your practice area and/or area of expertise?
Health/Medicaid
What led you to become an actuary? and what attracted you to the profession?
Discovering the actuarial profession was a happy accident in my case. I was freshman in...
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Academy Discusses ERISA at 50, Focuses on Retirement Savings Shortfall
By Ted Gotsch Senior Policy Analyst, Content and Publications
For tens of millions of Americans, retirement security is but a dream. With no or minimal savings socked away for their golden years, they will struggle economically as...
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
By: Geralyn Trujillo Senior Policy Director
For so many of us of a certain age, the television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" was a wonderland of new people and, more importantly, new friends who visited us regularly in the...
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Academy Task Force Plays Role in Getting Better Handle on Mental Health and Well-Being
By: Public Policy Department Staff
May marks the 75th anniversary of the creation of Mental Health Awareness Month, which focuses on the vital role mental health plays in our overall well-being. It also serves as an opportunity to provide resources...
