Description: This article provides information on the upcoming 20th International Congress of Actuaries, to be held in Tokyo, Japan October 25 – November 1, 1976.

Description: A recap of the International Section activities at the SOA annual meeting.

Description: In this article, the chairperson talks about the activities of the International Section.

Description: Presenters discuss worldwide issues and trends in which actuaries may be involved and the implications of these issues and trends on the actuarial profession worldwide. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: In this article, the Editor previews the contents of this issue.

Description: In this article, the author talks about the actuarial profession in Barbados.

Description: This article is about the challenging role of the actuary in business and how Canada's resolution to this challenge can benefit the profession as a whole.

Description: Editor's note from the December 2010 issue of International News in which the author previews the articles within the issues and talks about the new section council members.

Description: Continuing change pervades the actuarial world. Actuarial tools and techniques are constantly evolving, new financial products and services appear regularly, legislation and regulation rarely remain unchanged for long, consumers are becoming better informed and more sophisticated, the financial environment is becoming increasingly global, distinctions between types of financial institution are becoming more blurred, and the areas in which actuaries find applications for their skills become more varied. In this context, the most important attribute for actuaries is the capacity to adapt. This paper considers some implications for university actuarial programs of the need to develop adaptive actuaries. It discusses the results of a survey of the preferred learning styles of Macquarie University actuarial students, examines the newly introduced Australian actuarial subject called 'The Actuarial Control Cycle,' and looks at the use of portfolios of student work. It concludes that in order to develop adaptive actuaries for the 21st century, actuarial programs must broaden the range and type of teaching/learning activities and assessment methods provided for students.

Description: In this article, a Canadian actuary describes his first year working internationally in Serbia, Washington, D.C., and the United Kingdom.