Description: This article discusses the highlights of the 11th Conference of the International Association of Consulting Actuaries conference held in Munich, Germany on July 3-8, 1988.

Description: Retirement benefits have become a seamless worldwide web. Thus actuaries who go to war in the international arena are painfully aware of the impact of U.S. technology on the battlefield. The debut of that awesome awful weapon, ERISA, and all its derivatives has persuaded many countries to adopt counterparts.

Description: This is an article about retirement age and life expectancy. The article compares the normal retirement age and life expectancy in Germany and the United States.

Description: The editorial explores the reasons for the current low interest rates and introduces the February/March 2016 issue of The Actuary in which experts offer strategies on how to cope with the complex issues facing insurance companies and investment actuaries.

Description: The Actuary recently asked Bob Smyth of Gant Travel Management some questions regarding international travel. Smyth says if you plan well and are up to date on new regulations and passport requirements, traveling abroad is smooth sailing.

Description: This article is an account of an actuary traveling to the International Congress of Actuaries in Tokyo and the experience and knowledge gained.

Description: The January 2001 edition of The Actuary newsletter ran a panel discussion titled Actuaries discuss reasons for growth of offshore operations. There have been major changes in the offshore market in the last three years. New faces have appeared and then disappeared. Major players have become minor players. Business plans have changed. What has gone on recently? We asked industry experts to participate in an update.

Description: An article provides the Presidential Address given by R. Stephen Radcliffe, President, Society of Actuaries Address at Annual Meeting. The Society of Actuaries is emerging as a global player, a significant and challenging role.

Description: This article is a summary of a paper called Valuation of Final-Salary Pension Schemes by R. B. Colbran, F.I.A. submitted to the Institute of Actuaries in London last April. It includes a review of major ways in which United Kingdom and North American actuaries differ in their approaches of valuing these plans.

Description: This article describes the membership of the SOA outside of the United Sates. An informal count places the number of such members in active practice at 406.