Presentation to
Southwestern Actuarial Forum
June 9, 2008
www.ActuarialFoundation.org
MISSION STATEMENT
To develop, fund and execute education
and research programs that serve the
public by harnessing the talents of
actuaries
Youth Education
Consumer Education
Research & Actuarial
Education
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study*
Mathematics Test Results for Industrialized Nations
4th Grade
Singapore
594
Hong Kong
575
Japan
565
Taiwan
564
Belgium
551
Netherlands
540
England
531
Average of 40 Industrialized Nations
529
United States
518
Italy
503
Australia
499
New Zealand
493
Scotland
490
Norway
451
I
*2003
CONSUMER EDUCATION
Products contribute to the public
understanding of today’s most
important social issues
and financial
decision-making
options.
CONSUMER
EDUCATION
• Developed in partnership
with Federal Alliance for
Safe Homes (FLASH)
• Peril-specific guide to
Homeowners insurance
issues
• Dissemination through
• FLASH Web site
• State Insurance
Commissioners
• Katrina recovery
expositions
• Florida State Cabinet
• Bob Vila Web Blog
• View additional
consumer education
pieces on Foundation’s
Web site.
RESEARCH & ACTUARIAL
EDUCATION
Initiatives advance actuarial knowledge
and will continue to play a vital role in
the future of the profession
RESEARCH & ACTUARIAL EDUCATION
Sponsoring tomorrow’s actuaries with scholarship opportunities:
- John Culver Wooddy Scholarship
- Actuary of Tomorrow Stuart A. Robertson Memorial Scholarship
• Funding the future of actuarial research:
- Individual Grants Competition
- Briefs, Symposiums, textbooks……
• Awards and Prizes:
- ERM Best Paper Award
- David Garrick Halmstad Prize
- John Hanson Memorial Prize
- Wynn Kent Public Communication
Award
• Web host for the Actuarial Research Exchange:
http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/exchange/
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in one of many Foundation initiatives.
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to your community.
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and new initiatives.
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preparing for tomorrow’s possibilities.
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847.706.3535
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