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

Singapore 594 Hong Kong 575Japan 565 Taiwan 564Belgium 551 Netherlands 540England 531Average of 40 Industrialized Nations 529United States 518 Italy 503Australia 499 New Zealand 493Scotland 490 Norway 451I

*2003

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study* Mathematics Test Results for Industrialized Nations

4th Grade

CONSUMER EDUCATION

Products contribute to the public understanding of today’s most important social issues

and financial decision-making options.

CONSUMEREDUCATION

• 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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