Description: We look in this article at the challenges which life insurance companies operating in a low interest environment have to face.

Description: This article presents recent perspectives on the understanding and measurement of pandemic risk.

Description: Summary of the International Section Council survey results, and how the results will impact council actions going forward.

Description: SOA participation in international meetings in India and Russia.

Description: Part One of a three part discussion of A Social Security System for the 21st Century, this part focuses the broader international, social, political, cultural and economic trends that will govern the viability and sustainability of a social security system in the 21st century.

Description: Article Pacific Insurance Conference BANFF 1979 by McCracken in The Actuary, December 1979, Volume 13, Number 10

Description: The international presence of SOA-designated actuaries is on the increase, and the International Section will be aligning many of its activities to complement those of the SOA’s International Committee while continuing current successful activities and initiatives.

Description: Highlights of the SOA international strategy statement, International Committee topics, and other SOA international activities.

Description: Focuses on these key China market questions: • How quickly is the market developing? • What is the market potential? • How are the existing foreign companies performing? • What are the main implications of China’s accession to the WTO? • How do different market entry options compare? • Which are the key issues to consider in establishing a joint venture? • What is the future outlook for new entrants?

Description: The article contemplates whether there is heightened sensitivity towards how investment activity is portrayed and described.