By Tom Jaros
There is an old adage: “What gets measured, gets managed.” Under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) targeted improvements, much more will be measured.
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By R. Evan Inglis
We haven’t come fully to grips with it yet, but our financial world is going through a massive transition that will create challenges for investors in public and private markets.
By Tom Toce
Growing up, I heard the phrase “to roll a seven” as a euphemism for death. Someone “rolling a seven” meant the same thing as “buying the farm,” “kicking the bucket,” etc.
By Josh Feldman
As cold temperatures and polar vortexes hit large swaths of the country, the days of watching outdoor cross-country meets seem like a distant memory.
By Bob Rietz
My father turned on his television one night 30 years ago and watched the fall of the Berlin Wall.
By Eric P. Harding
As regular readers of this column know (hi Dad!), I live in northern Virginia. As many actuaries know, because the Academy is the national organization for actuaries, its offices are in downtown Washington, D.C.
By Srivathsan Karanai Margan
In order to assess the risk exposure for charging actuarially fair premiums, insurers seek the details about an insurable object and the critical conditions involved from customers.
By John P. Tierney
Many Academy members might be surprised to hear that counseling actuaries (the “C” in ABCD) is a more common activity for ABCD members than is discipline (the “D” in ABCD).