Description: In this fourth issue of International News of 2022.

Description: First from a comparison of U.S. and Japanese interest rates, abrupt switch to sumo, because sumo is life! Okay, it is not -- in March 2022, there was an upset win when a tall but li wrestler won the tournament. Just as in sumo, when it's not the more massive man who wins, we need to question our assumptions in our models.

Description: Update to the members of the SOA International Section

Description: A discussion of the new management structure for the SOA International organization

Description: A report on the Panamerican Congress of Actuaries in Bogota, Colombia in the fall of 1999. This is a forum for actuaries from Latin America. The topic of the conference was Social Security Reform in Latin America

Description: The Actuarial Society of Malaysia — Professionalism Course by Hassan B. Kamil from International Section News, September 2000, Issue No. 23.

Description: Chairperson’s Corner by Angelica Michail from International Section News, September 2000, Issue No. 23.

Description: Chairperson’s Corner by Jim Toole from International Section News, October 2001, Issue No. 26.

Description: Details are told about the life insurance market in the Philippines. Pre-need and savings plans for education are emphasized.

Description: This article discusses the regulatory changes in Bermuda. There is an international initiative to review all insurance regulation by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors IAIS and the International Monetary Fund IMF.