The AR team remains fiercely committed to upping our game and providing you the most timely and relevant content we can. In that spirit, the astute reader may notice subtle but impactful enhancements this issue.
For a long time, we have relied heavily on volunteer contributors within and outside the AR Working Group, as well as CAS’s intrepid staff and occasional paid freelancers, to develop content. This has typically operated rather extemporaneously (to great results), but our Editorial/Production Manager Sarah Sapp recently asked, “Could we achieve even greater impact with a content roadmap?” This gave birth to the writing subgroup, a motley crew of 14 citizen journalists coordinated by Sarah. The answer to her question is evident in this month’s issue in the form of hard-hitting articles by Rob Kahn, Yuhan Zhao and DJ Falkson, and an insightful interview conducted by Sara Chen. AR’s writers also comprise a de facto editorial board, engaging John Divine for our July/August cover story and charting a content roadmap into 2025. We could not think of a better way to deliver relevance than by having volunteers moonlight as journalists.
Timeliness can be a challenge when publishing bimonthly, but actuaries know better than anyone that some matters take time to develop. P&C trade media are all over the news of today, but how often do we see the media dissect what it means for actuaries tomorrow and beyond? That was the question posed by News Editor Sara Chen. The answer was Developing News, a new column that digests a few news items that catch our attention. Sara ideated, blueprinted and recruited from the AR bullpen to deliver this exciting concept. We hope you enjoy the analyses (and clever titles) she, Yuhan Zhao, Xuan You and I drew up.
With all this writing, AR needs some serious proofing, so we remain ever grateful for the dozens of volunteers who pitch in as copy editors. Here is how you can contribute as a reader. All the enhancements I noted were the result of members of the CAS community giving words to ideas. Do you have a developing news item, hot take on an AR story or idea for a feature? Write it down and send it to ar@casact.org! ●