Description: In this article, the author discusses the trend towards an integrated approach to defined benefit plan funding and investments that is taking place in England.

Description: Recap of the section’s activities at the Annual Meeting

Description: Question and answers about microinsurance with the editors of Actuaries in Microinsurance.

Description: this article is a recap of the 16th Global Conference Of Actuaries

Description: Discussion of social security systems in the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean.

Description: In this article, the author talks about how China’s insurance industry is entering a transitional period characterized by greater focus on risk management and governance.

Description: Latin America has acquired an economically strategic importance in the process of globalization that it did not have a decade ago. The region has attracted significant attention and investment by the international insurance industry. This article explores some issues related to the growth in supply of insurance companies capacity, the relatively slower pace of growth in consumer demand for their products, and the factors that companies can identify in forming their strategies to achieve their objectives.

Description: International Section Newsletter, April 2005, Issue No. 35. This article pertains to offshore pension plans and their role in global pension plans. It discusses the rationale for setting up an off-shore pension plan, determining a location, benefit design, required funding, establishment and operation and trusteeship and administration

Description: 2016 SOA Life & Annuity Symposium panel session that focuses on how actuaries get prepared and bridge the gap before moving into corporate executive roles.

Description: The article discusses practical PGAAP issues under China GAAP, e.g. product classification, unbundling, acquisition expense allocation, VOBA grouping.