January/February 2025

Features

Leading with Purpose
Feature

Leading with Purpose

By Bill Michalisin
AS WE BEGIN A NEW YEAR AND CELEBRATE OUR 60TH ANNIVERSARY, the American Academy of Actuaries remains steadfast in its mission: serving the public and the U.S. actuarial profession by advancing the importance of professionalism and informing public policy through independent and objective research, analysis, and insights. As CEO, I am privileged to lead an organization that not only supports its members but also contributes to the broader public good.

Growing the Profession
Feature

Growing the Profession

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.

Departments

New Year, New Opportunities
Editor's Note

New Year, New Opportunities

AS THE CALENDAR REMORSELESSLY EDGES TOWARD THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 31 each year, many people take it as an opportunity to take stock of what has happened in the previous year and look forward to what they would like to happen in the next 12 months.

A Value Proposition
President's Message

A Value Proposition

By Darrell Knapp
WHEN I BECAME THE ACADEMY’S 60TH PRESIDENT in November—in my 40th year as an Academy member—I was reflecting on the value of being an Academy member and an Academy volunteer (27 years and counting).

Hurricane Helene
Commentary

Hurricane Helene

By Robert Rietz
I told him we lived in downtown Asheville, which didn’t bear the brunt of the Sept. 28 storm, and our condo building escaped without any damage.

Five by Five
Puzzles

Five by Five

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.