The Actuary

  • Sixteen Disturbing Elements
  • The Institute President’s Observation
    • Where there is Smoke there is Fire

1984 03 – SOA – The Actuary, act8403 – Society of Actuaries – 8p

  • As The Actuary celebrates its 30th birthday, David Raymont digs into the archives to acknowledge its predecessor Fiasco, which ran for 127 issues between February 1978 and June 1990

theactuary.com/issues/2020/12/december-2020

  • The go-ahead for Fiasco magazine was given in late 1977, 30 years after the previous attempt, Random Muse, had folded after 13 issues and 18 months – mainly due to a lack of contributions.
  • The Institute of Actuaries Students’ Society had long seen the need for a form of communication that went beyond formal contributions to papers at Institute and Society meetings – which not all UK members could attend, let alone international members. 

2020 1202 – The Actuary – Fiasco: An amateur joy, by David Raymont – theactuary.com/features/2020/12/02/fiasco-amateur-joy