Heading to Macau: SOA Annual Symposium Offers Professional Development in Asia
The Society of Actuaries continues to broaden its international professional development programs with the SOA Annual Symposium, Outlook in Asia: Actuarial Trends & Solutions, 24-25 June 2013 in
Read MoreLeave a CommentInvestment Section: Expanding benefits to meet member needs
New and existing SOA Investment Section members can now enjoy a new benefit—access to a huge variety of investment knowledge via the EBSCO Business Source Corporate Plus (BSC+) database. As invest
Read MoreLeave a Comment2013 Investment Symposium – if you are impacted by investment risk, this is your meeting!
By Tracy Labonte and Ed Martin, 2013 Investment Symposium Co-Chairs The state of the economy has always impacted actuaries and their work, but that has never been more true than today. Low interest
Read MoreLeave a CommentRisk Management News: May 2012
Each month we provide links to the best online articles and conversations about risk management. If you would like to add to this list, just leave a summary and a link in the comments section. Enjoy t
Read MoreLeave a CommentRisk Metrics for Decision Making and ORSA
The Joint Risk Management Section of the Society of Actuaries (SOA), the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA), in collaboration with the International Network
Read MoreLeave a CommentRisk Management News: April 2012
Each month we provide links to the best online articles and conversations about risk management. If you would like to add to this list, just leave a summary and a link in the comments section. Enjoy t
Read MoreLeave a CommentRisk Management News: March 2012
Each month we provide links to the best online articles and conversations about risk management. If you would like to add to this list, just leave a summary and a link in the comments section. Enjoy t
Read MoreLeave a CommentRisk management links for the week of January 30
Each Friday we provide links to the best online articles and conversations about risk management. If you would like to add to this list, just leave a summary and a link in the comments section. Enjoy
Read MoreLeave a CommentRisk management links for the week of January 23
Each Friday we provide links to the best online articles and conversations about risk management. If you would like to add to this list, just leave a summary and a link in the comments section. Enjoy the links for the week of January 23, 2012. As determined through hundreds of interviews with global business leaders and experts, income inequality tops the World Economic Forum’s annual list of likely global risks for 2012. Others risks topping the list include bad government balance sheets, greenhouse gas emissions, cyber attacks and water shortages. Erwann Michel-Kerjan, managing director of Wharton’s Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and report co-author, says these risks are not low-probability events and are pretty likely to happen. (Source: US News & World Report) (more...)
Read MoreLeave a CommentRisk management links for the week of January 2
Happy New Year to all those who have devoted themselves to managing risks inherent in running a business, dealing with health issues or making an investment. Here are the best links for the week of Monday January 2, 2012. Based on recent data from the Bureau of Vital Statistics, Mayor Bloomberg announced last week that New Yorkers’ life expectancy is higher than the national rate, attributing this to anti-smoking and ant -obesity campaigns, increasing taxes on cigarettes and calorie-count requirements for fast food restaurants. (more...)
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