November/December 2020

Features

Stress
Feature

Stress

By Leo Apilash
The guy two tables down from me was reading a contemporary fiction bestseller.

Departments

Asking the Right Questions
President's Message

Asking the Right Questions

By D. Joeff Williams
As you read this message, the Academy will be getting ready for its Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum, where I will hand the presidential gavel to Tom Campbell. (It’s still hard to imagine that we will not be gathering in D.C. to interact and network face to face.)

My First Boss
Commentary

My First Boss

By Daniel D. Skwire
When I applied for a summer internship at Unum Life Insurance Company some 30 years ago, I had only the vaguest sense of what actuarial work involved.

Follow-Up Exam
Perspectives From the ABCD

Follow-Up Exam

By Allan W. Ryan
As I wrap up my final year on the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline (ABCD), I am also presenting my final “Up to Code” article. I decided I would go back four years and revisit the topic of my “Up to Code” article from the September/October 2016 issue of Contingencies.

The Big Wheel
Puzzles

The Big Wheel

By Josh Feldman
All throughout my childhood, my favorite game show was “The Price Is Right.”

On Loneliness
End Paper

On Loneliness

By Sam Gutterman
We’ve all experienced it sometime in our lives, maybe more often than we care to admit.