I find this long-awaited resolutions to decades of in-fighting kinda amusing (this might only be able to crack jokes among actuaries). Below are the Summary of Societal Control and Items Remaining In Joint Societal Control published by Actuarial Review.
Summary of Societal Control
Fashion
CAS: Double-breasted suits
SOA: "High-waters"
Exam
CAS: 3L
SOA: MLC
Exam Tools
CAS: The BA-35 and TI 30X II calculators
SOA: The BA30II and BA II Pkus calculators
Exam Website
CAS: Web-notes
SOA: Lots of pull-down menus
Data Formats
CAS: All data in triangular or parallelogram form, excluding rectangles
SOA: All data in rectangular form
Excel Tools
CAS: Pivot tables
SOA: Solver macro
Job Perks
CAS: High-paying job opportunities, Large Professional Designation certificates
SOA: Incoherent technobabble, Mechanical pencils that actually work well
Social
CAS: Karaoke night
SOA: Scrabble champion training camps
Items Remaining In Joint Societal Control
Lengthy and effusive PowerPoint presentations
Jokes about actuaries being introverted or socially awkward
Okay, this might not be funny to you. =(
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