The Society of Actuaries is an educational, research, and professional membership organization whose purposes are to promote high standards of competency and conduct among its members and to advance the state of actuarial science. Members of the Society of Actuaries, who currently practice primarily in the areas of life insurance, health and retirement systems, and investments in the United States and Canada, are skilled in evaluation of contingent events, in structuring models to describe and measure risk, and communicating the resulting implications. Representing its members, the Society of Actuaries is a part of the worldwide actuarial profession.
Education - provide basic and continuing education in actuarial
science and currently applied practice.
Research - facilitate the conduct of theoretical and practical
research.
Membership Services - Provide quality service to members.
Development of the Actuarial Profession - Promote the services of
the SoA and its members and support the members in meeting
their professional responsibilities to clients, employers and the general
public.