By Eric P. Harding
Just before this issue went to press, my kids had their yearly health physicals.
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Letters submitted to Contingencies regarding the July/August 2018 issue and other topics.
By Steve Alpert
In virtually every conversation I’ve had with Academy staff and volunteer leaders about professionalism, the concept of the self-regulation of the U.S. actuarial profession comes up.
By Deborah Rosenberg
A fable is best described as a narrative that illustrates or leads to a particular moral lesson.
By Joe Allbright, Yair Babad, Doyin Famodu, Carl Ghiselli, Roseanne Harris, Walter Marsh, Susan Mateja, Bode Olajumoke, Muyiwa Tegbe
Editor's note: This is the sixth in a series of articles from the Health Practice International Committee on ideas from foreign models of health care that may assist the United States in finding cost-effective ways to deliver high-quality health care in an equitable and sustainable way.
By Warren Manners
By Tom Toce
Each of the eight 5 × 5 word squares has one entry that is too long.
By Stephen Meskin
The Federal Office of Actuaries has received an urgent call for assistance from Zack Zappa the Zoologist.
By Bob Reitz
My father was a photoengraver. That process produced the pictures and advertisements that appeared in newspapers and magazines during the first 75 years of the 20th century.