On October 21, 1957, International Congress of Actuaries (ICA) delegates assembled for a group photo in front of the White House with U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower (see photo, right).

At the close of ICA 2014, Deutsche Aktuarvereinigung (DAV), the actuarial society in Germany and host for ICA 2018 in Berlin, presented the organizers of ICA 2014 with the panoramic photo from the XVth International Congress of Actuaries (see page 16 for the full picture). This remarkable photo will be displayed in the CAS office.

During ICA 2014, fellow staff member Matt Caruso and I took photographs of the proceedings. We had a lot of interesting subjects to choose from—people from all over the world—but none of those could compare to the photo opp of a lifetime that presented itself at the 1957 ICA.

Full Circle

This issue rounds out the Actuarial Review’s first year in its new format. It’s been a year of excitement and adjustment, working out new schedules and developing content.

For this issue, special thanks go to Squaw Design Communications Inc., who created the cover, and Annmarie Geddes Baribeau, who wrote the cover story. Baribeau is an expert in workers’ compensation, whom readers may recognize from the pages of Contingencies. We look forward to working with these and other talented professionals in upcoming issues.

Speaking of Contingencies, the magazine is celebrating its 25th anniversary. We at Actuarial Review congratulate Contingencies and wish it continued success. Be sure to check out its frothy first cover on page 10.

Correction

The Actuarial Review March/April 2014 story titled, “CAS Leaders Reflect on China Visit,” contains an error. In the photo caption on page 18, the name of the university should be Central University of Finance and Economics.