Description: Evaluation of Taiwan's National Health insurance program and a discussion of a managed competition model to reform it.

Description: The new regulations issued on October 19, 2004 by the Ministry of Finance, the regulatory body of insurance in Vietnam, have wide-ranging implications on the Vietnamese life insurance market and are presenting big changes for practicing actuaries.

Description: Society of Actuaries' 1998 New Zealand Ambassador’s Report, including a discussion of two industry-related developments dealing with the privatization of worker's compensation and the consolidation of the insurance industry

Description: Why a lot of traditional life insurance is not sold in Switzerland

Description: A discussion of substantial surpluses accumulated in defined benefit funds in South Africa and the legislation that resulted.

Description: A discussion of the insurance industry in Tanzania, including the IAA meeting held in Africa in 1998, marketing efforts in the industry, history of the industry,.

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

Description: Insurance Regulation in Spain In response to the 1995 Ordinance on the Supervision of Private Insurers, the Direccion General de Seguros DGS has proposed a sweeping new set of regulations. These regulations replace the 1985 and 1986 regulations their amendments and are intended bring Spanish regulation and practice line with the European Community EC directives. This article reviews some key aspects of the new Spanish regulation and discusses possible responses by the insurance market.

Description: A discussion of the opportunities opening up for reinsurance providers in Brazil

Description: A discussion of the causes of Jamaica’s Life Insurance and Financial Sector Crisis in the late 1990s and its impacts on the life insurance industry