The Committee on Qualifications chair along with another committee member discuss a greatly expanded and detailed revision to the committee’s Frequently Asked Questions on the U.S. Qualification Standards, including topics such as statements of actuarial opinion, practicing in more than one area, continuing education, and other qualification matters.

Prominent speakers at the Academy’s Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum in Washington on Nov. 13-14 offered insights into the future of the Academy, insurance regulation at both the domestic and international levels, trends in health care policymaking, and other major public policy topics of interest. A robust professionalism discussion of how actuaries with governmental contacts should deal with potential risks from insider trading laws was highly popular.

Academy President Tom Terry helped kick off the Actuarial Society of New York’s Nov. 5 fall meeting in New York as the speaker for its general session “Professionalism: Meeting High Expectations in a Fast-Changing World.” The session provided several hundred actuaries in attendance with an update on recent Academy activities, including highlights of professionalism activities, and perspectives on the long-term future of the actuarial profession in the United States.