By Alan J. Tausch
Since its outbreak in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on mortality in the U.S. Through August 2022, there had been 1,048,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which collects data on all deaths in the United States.
By Nate Worrell
When I first wrote “Eat Your Numbers” (Contingencies, July/August 2019),
I hoped to bring nutrition science and actuarial science together.
By Eric P. Harding
Owning a home means you’re never done with projects. (Regular readers of this column will remember the pergola morass that occupied my summer last year.)
By Ken Kent
Though I am new to the role of Academy president, I am in no way new to participating in the Academy as a volunteer. Indeed, volunteering in our profession is personal for me.
January/February 2023
By Tammy Dixon
Our Code of Professional Conduct does not define how we appear, but it does guide us in the ways we must uphold the reputation of the actuarial profession.
By Jim Lynch
The Age of AI and Our Human Future Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence Working With AI: Real Stories of Human-Machine Collaboration
By Tom Toce
Twelve of the across answers in this puzzle are one letter too long, so leave them out.
By Stephen Meskin
Combinatorial problems are often posed using urns into which balls are placed and then withdrawn.
By Robert Rietz
My longtime friend Albert, a math professor at Magnificent State University in the Mitten State, prefers Amtrak to flying.
