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I had a busy day yesterday, so you’ve already probably seen this elsewhere. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published a list of the best and worst jobs. (Story here; list here) The list was developed by careercast.com and is based on that site’s assessment of each profession’s environment, income, employment outlook, physical demands, and stress. About [...] 
A tweet from @meepbopeep brought my attention to this report from NBC Nightly News: The story caught my attention for a few reasons: 1. It’s actually, in a way, old news. I’m aware of some small-town high schools in Alabama which have been using online/distance learning technologies for years, to help bring more challenging coursework to [...]
The Careers section of the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday ran an article entitled, “The Next Finance Hiring Spots”. It includes the following observation: Meanwhile, fields like risk management may be gaining traction on Wall Street today in the wake of the financial crisis. Ms. Hewitt says employers have also been posting more positions in risk [...] 
Before I begin my monologue, I’d like to remind readers of my underlying position on the topic of global warming: I believe that climate change happens, and that humans may have a role.
Seen in an American Academy of Actuaries press release: The American Academy of Actuaries announced that its members elected four new regular directors today at its annual meeting in Boston. The new regular directors will serve on the organization’s board of directors. Mary D. Miller, a property/casualty actuary with the Financial Regulation Division of the Ohio Department [...]
(h/t Mary Pat Campbell for the pointer to the FAQ) The American Academy of Actuaries has posted a FAQ on its website to flesh out its view on the odd proxy battle emerging for next week’s AAA meeting in Boston. A sampling: Why is the Academy collecting proxies? The Academy recently became informed through news articles and online [...]
Seen at Business Insurance: A group representing 36 European actuarial associations, Group Consultatif Actuariel Européen, called Wednesday for developing two actuarial standards as part of Solvency II.[…] Solvency II calls for insurance and reinsurance operations to establish actuarial functions that are carried out by people qualified to analyze the risks inherent in those businesses. The actuarial group said [...]
According to this thread at the Actuarial Outpost, proxies are being sought from American Academy of Actuaries members in support of nominating from the floor an additional candidate for the Board of Directors at the AAA meeting in Boston later this month. A fuller explanation is available at Tom Bakos’ website. A simplified explanation is that [...] 
The American Academy of Actuaries has put out a press release, announcing the apparent end of the U.S. actuarial profession’s own courtroom drama: The American Academy of Actuaries announced today that the Academy and Bruce D. Schobel have agreed to resolve the lawsuit filed on Sept. 1, 2009. The Academy indicated that the resolution of the lawsuit [...]
Yesterday, the following update appeared on the Casualty Actuarial Society’s website: As previously communicated, the comment period on the initial exposure of the FEM proposal ended on September 10th. For those members who provided comments, many thanks for your contributions. For those who have not yet submitted comments, you can still send them to fem@actuarialdirectory.org. The [...] |
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