Description: A real life situation is posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision, and readers are invited to submit their responses to "What Would You Do?" This issue’s case study involved an informal job performance appraisal gone wrong.

Description: We can learn a lot about actuarial exams but they don't really teach us about the business world and how to operate in it.

Description: Understanding the importance of networking is the first step toward achieving a fulfilling and rewarding professional career and personal life.

Description: Two previous issues of The Actuary reported on panel discussions, in two parts, about life reinsurance from the perspective of the reinsurers. This is the first of two parts on life reinsurance from the perspective of the ceding companies.

Description: The Society of Actuaries recently entered into an agreement with the China Association of Actuaries to promote collaboration between the two organizations.

Description: A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved whether a an actuary who realized he didn't want the job for which he was interviewing should admit it, or wait to see if an offer is extended.

Description: Should Sam take a temporary assignment paying less than his former job, or continue searching full time? What Would You Do?

Description: An actuary talks about his career, his firm's ventures into partnerships between actuaries and health care professionals, and his role in the role in the largest actuarial malpractice settlement in history.

Description: By relating to his own experience, Steven Chin reveals the meaning of networking and how it can affect one's life. His advice helps guide us on how to interact in a business setting and find mentorship within and outside the actuarial community.