The Academy makes available to its members and the public a rich and diverse library of newsletters, magazines, annual publications, and other documents that cover a broad range of public policy and professionalism issues.
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MAGAZINE & NEWSLETTERS
Actuarial Update
Actuarial Update, the monthly newsletter for all Academy members, covers public policy and professionalism news and issues. Update also is a key source for news about the Academy itself and Academy membership.
ASB Boxscore
The Actuarial Standards Board's newsletter, with progress reports on the ASB's work developing and updating standards.
Casualty Quarterly
Casualty Quarterly covers stories of interest to property/casualty actuaries. In addition to a roundup of the most recent quarter’s Academy P/C news, it highlights key federal and state legislation and regulations.
Contingencies
Contingencies is the bimonthly magazine of the Academy that takes readers into the world of the actuary — insurance, casualty, health, pension, financial and risk management - through a wide array of feature stories, commentaries, interviews, how-to columns, and more.
Essential Elements
Essential Elements, a new series of concise and informative papers developed by the Academy, is designed to provide a quick and easy-to-understand overview of key public policy issues of interest to Academy members, policy makers and the general public. Each paper provides the important points and analysis, supplemented by graphics, so that the reader can quickly understand the issue and its significance to the public debate.
HealthCheck
HealthCheck is the Academy’s quarterly digital newsletter covering the actuarial perspective on health care policy.
Life Perspectives
Life Perspectives is a quarterly newsletter designed to keep you up to date on activities of the Academy’s Life Practice Council.
Retirement Report
Retirement Report is a quarterly newsletter that collects pension news for enrolled actuaries and Academy members in the pension and retirement practice areas.
This Week
This Week is the Academy’s end-of-week digital newsletter, compiling a week’s worth of news, updates, events, and media coverage in one convenient, easy-to-use publication.
Professionalism Discussion Papers
Discussion papers are primarily written and developed through the Academy’s Committee on Professional Responsibility to promote actuarial professionalism, including knowledge of standards of conduct, qualification, and practice within the profession. These Discussion Papers suggest ways to assist actuaries in improving their daily practice and increasing their awareness of professionalism.
Practice notes offer examples of current and emerging approaches to selected actuarial tasks. They are intended to supplement the available actuarial literature, especially where the practices addressed are subject to evolving technology, recently adopted external requirements, or advances in actuarial science and other applicable disciplines.
Recent research papers
Recent Research Papers from the Academy’s cross-practice committee that oversees the Academy’s research functions, especially in respect to mortality, morbidity, and industry experience studies in joint ventures with external research partners as appropriate with relevant research bodies to facilitate the public policy application of those studies.
