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29 Feb 2008: www.TheGlobalActuary.com is launched!!! We would like TheGlobalActuary.com to truely be a discussion forum to bring actuaries together on a global scale. For this purpose we need you to tell us exactly what you would like to see, change, add, etc. Just like www.ActuarialWiki.org, we want it to be a living and growing creation to serve actuaries. Please visit www.TheGlobalActuary.com and add your comments ASAP. Lets do this together!
28 Feb 2008: Thanks for all the mails coming in after The Actuary magazine article. Suggestions so far are to add 1) A Career area incl company profiles; 2) Enterpise Risk Management section (especially with the talk around an exam module); 3)Sections for non traditional areas actuaries are having success in. If you would like to make further suggestions or get involved personally, please contact me at johan@PrimeResource.co.uk
27 Nov 2007: We currently have the Health Insurance, Life Insurance, General Insurance and Pensions glossaries of The Profession uploaded. We will soon have the other categories updated too. Volunteers wanted! If you want to get involved please contact Johan Strydom at johan@PrimeResource.co.uk
About wikis
A wiki enables documents to be written collaboratively, in a simple markup language using a web browser. A single page in a wiki is referred to as a "wiki page", while the entire body of pages, which are usually highly interconnected via hyperlinks, is "the wiki". A wiki is essentially a database for creating, browsing and searching information. A defining characteristic of wiki technology is the ease with which pages can be created and updated.
How ActuarialWiki.org works
The roles of Actuaries are growing and fast becoming increasingly specialised. The need for a central Knowledge Management utility is essential to keep the community of Actuarial professionals
- updated with the latest developments in their specialist areas and
- consistent in their approach and communication with each other and to those outside the Actuarial profession.
The initial entries have been from The Actuarial Profession's Glossaries. The Glossaries have been produced by the Profession and are reproduced with the Profession's permission. The Actuarial Profession does not accept liability for the complete accuracy of the original material, given that it was prepared for educational purposes only.
ActuarialWiki.org depends on the Actuarial community to keep it updated and relevant. Members can add additional wiki pages and edit existing ones.
How to add a wiki page
Send us an email at actuarial@PrimeResource.co.uk and we will create and account for you. We had to introduce this measure to avoid spam messages and vandalism on the site. Once you have logged in with the user details we will provide,perform a search for the new title with the Go button. When the search finds nothing, press "create the article". Easier still is editing the pagename part of a URL for an existing page. Using the URL for the new page displays the default 'no article' message. The default page has the usual Edit this page link, which can be used to begin adding content.
How to edit wiki pages
ActuarialWiki.org uses wikitext when editing a wiki page. This is a very simple markup language and similar to using a standard word processor. If you would like to use more advanced editing, click on Advanced Editing or Help to learn more.
ActuarialWiki.org allows users to supply an "edit summary" when they edit a page. This is a short piece of text (usually one line) summarizing the changes. It is not inserted into the article, but is stored along with that revision of the page, allowing users to explain what has been done and why; this is similar to a log message when committing changes to a revision control system. ActuarialWiki.org keep a record of changes made to wiki pages; every version of the page is stored. This means that authors can revert to an older version of the page, should it be necessary because a mistake has been made or the page has been vandalised.
Acronym Glossary
The wiki page Glossary holds acronyms with their definitions. When these acronyms appear in articles, scrolling over them with the mouse curser will reveal their definition. Please feel free to add acronyms. Please copy the format of the other entries when adding to the page.
Self Development for Actuaries
I've used self development material extensively during my career to help improve my social and professional life (from public speaking, coping with intimidating meetings, exam nerves, focusing on studies, etc.). As actuaries we are trained up to be very book smart and logical in our thinking. We are left to our own devices to become street smart (how to make theory work in the real world environment) and to develop our creative side of our intellect. I mean, give us a problem and we will look at it and solve it in record time. We will use the theories we have learned and apply the logical intellect (the bit that does maths between our ears) we as actuaries are typically blessed with. But what skills are we lacking? Did we concentrate so hard on those bloody exams that we forgot there is more to life than being number crunchers? Click on Category:Self_Development_for_Actuaries to read more!
Entries from The Actuarial Profession's Glossaries have been produced by the Profession and are reproduced with the Profession's permission. The Actuarial Profession does not accept liability for the complete accuracy of the original material, given that it was prepared for educational purposes only.
