By David L. Driscoll
What the hot new career choice can tell us about our profession’s future
January/February 2020
Features
By Randall Stevenson
At some time in every actuary’s career, one will observe human behavior that from an actuarial or economic perspective defies the theory that people will behave to promote their self-interest.
By Jeff Reeves
As more states legalize medically assisted suicide, what does it mean for actuaries?
Departments
By Eric Harding
It’s that time of year again. Changing the calendar seems like a natural time to take stock of where we are in life—and where we want to be.
By D. Joeff Williams
While recently reading an article about great paintings, I noticed it talked about three common elements for an effective painting: a “strong focal point,” “layers of color,” and “changes in direction.”
By Kenneth A. Kent
Every Precept of the Code of Professional Conduct (the Code) is considered essential in meeting our responsibility to the public in support of our profession.
By Greg Frankowiak
When it comes to actuarial work (or analytics work in general), few parts of the process are as important as making sure that the data used is of good quality.
Review By Ardian Gill
A quick quiz: How many books on statistics have you read that begin with 215 murders?
By Warren Manners
By Tom Toce
Six entries are unclued. You will be able to figure out the entries through the crossed letters and with the knowledge that they pertain to subject matter that often appears in this magazine.
By Stephen Meskin
When I was a kid, I delivered a daily newspaper in Levittown, a planned community on Long Island.
By Bob Rietz
I’ve flown about once a month for 25 years and it finally happened.