Contingencies sat down with Justene Hill Edwards, an associate professor of history at the University of Virginia, to discuss her new book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedmen’s Bank.
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(1/29/25) Sometimes we hear about something happening that we know is wrong, but is so ridiculous that we overlook who is at fault and the possible consequences of their actions.
By Ted Gotsch
The 2024 election results bring anticipated shifts in policy and political direction, leaving many pundits and the average American asking “what happens next?” But what does it say about the issues the Academy cares about the most, such as healthcare, retirement security, climate change, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), and others?
Contingencies asked the various affinity groups representing the diversity of U.S. actuaries and their allies to tell us a little about what they had planned for 2025 and encourage all Academy members to get involved in these great organizations. Here are their responses.
By Patrick Getzen, FSA, MAAA, Dave Nelson, Karen Johnston, MD
Healthcare costs are a mystery to most people and organizations.
By Tom Toce
Entries start at square one and proceed to one hundred.
By Stephen Meskin
The puzzle column in this magazine almost eight years ago: Vol 29 No 3 (2017, May–June), was about tiling 4×4 squares with tetrominoes.
By Robert J. Reitz
I’m old. I bear no ill will toward anyone who closed the back cover after reading that.