By Eric Harding
As I write this note in April, our garden is showing signs of life after I endured a few weeks of nervous thermometer-watching.
Departments
By Steve Alpert
Early in my career, a senior consultant told me about the “fence post” test: if a contractor builds a fence around a yard, the property owner can verify the quality of the fence by testing the solidity of a couple of the posts.
By Allan W. Ryan
As members of any of the five U.S.-based actuarial organizations that has adopted the Code of Professional Conduct must know, Precept 3 of the Code states that: “An Actuary shall ensure that Actuarial Services performed by or under the direction of the Actuary satisfy applicable standards of practice.”
By Elizabeth Svoboda
Consider this not-so-hypothetical scenario: You’re standing in your boss’ office presenting your actuarial report, explaining the reasoning behind each aspect of your risk analysis.
By Joe Allbright, Tomonori Hasegawa, Alex Leung, Susan Mateja, Stuart Rodger, and Zerong Yu
The countries in Asia and the Pacific have seen major cultural shifts in the past 50 years.
By Tom Toce
When you get done with the grid, you won’t be done with the puzzle. Six of the entries will need to be anagrammed, three Across entries and three Down entries.
