By William Hines
When someone asks me if I can do something for them, I like to say “yes.” I want to be helpful, useful. That is true in my personal and professional life.
Up To Code
By Shawna Ackerman
Several years ago, when the word “meta” first appeared on the scene, I will admit that I had some difficulty understanding what it meant, other than something cool to say as in “that’s so meta.”
By Tammy Dixon
The Code of Professional Conduct (“the Code”) sets forth what it means for an actuary to be a professional.
By April Choi
One morning in late June, while I was going through my daily routine of having my morning cup of coffee and scanning the news, something caught my eye.
By David Driscoll
This is the final Up to Code article that I will compose. Because this is my last such essay, I am going to take the liberty of beginning on what, for me, at least, is an uncharacteristically personal note and write about a friend from my youth who died recently and was among the most impressive persons I have ever known.
By Godfrey Perrott
Conflicts of interest are one of the challenges that professionals face quite often, and they are difficult to address.
By Albert J. Beer
No, this article does not describe how Actuarial Standards of Practice are handed down from Mount Olympus, nor how the Actuarial Board of Counseling and Discipline (ABCD) adjudicated the famous Sisyphus complaint!
By Richard Kutikoff
Actuaries love to measure risk. Risk is directly involved in our calculations: Mortality/longevity risk. Morbidity risk. Turnover risk. Investment return risk. Asset/liability mismatch risk. Risk of underprovision for expenses. Risk of bad data. Risk that our models are incorrect.
By John Schubert
There is a show that I try to watch called A Million Little Things.