Essay by Tia Goss Sawhney, November 2008

Awarded "article of the year" by CompAct! This invited essay was published in the November 2008 issue of CompAct, the newsletter of the Technology Section of the Society of Actuaries. I invite actuaries to discuss why we are conspicuously absent from the software development vendor teams that serve the insurance industry.

The essay is loosely divided into three parts. In the first part I provide reasons why actuaries should be included in such teams. I then provide SOA membership statistics which demonstrate that we are not employed in any routine basis. Finally I suggest reasons why we are not employed by software development teams.

http://soa.org/library/newsletters/compact/2008/october/com-2008-iss29.pdf