Description: This article is about a colloquium held in Edinburgh, Scotland from Sept. 25–27, 2011, by the Pension Benefits and Social Security Section of the International Actuarial Association [IAA]. The theme of the meeting was international challenges in providing a safe and sustainable retirement.

Description: Reports on the breakfast meeting of the investment section at the annual Life and Annuity Symposium May 2015.

Description: Thoughts from Chair of the Investment Section Council

Description: Author shares personal experience with working on an exam committee and discusses the benefits.

Description: Announces 3 new Ambassadors for China, South Korea and the Netherlands and provides bios. Additionally provides an update on Latin America and the Caribbean - discussing a presentation.

Description: Debriefing of activities at the Third African Actuarial Congress held on April 2013 in Lomé, Togo, and brief description of the status of the actuarial profession in a few Western African countries..

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Las Vegas, NV May 22-24, 2000 The American Academy of Actuaries had put together an ad hoc task force charged with developing a long-term strategic approach for marketing the profession to future users of actuarial services and to strategically position and strengthen the profession. This session provided an update on the progress of the task force.

Description: It was inevitable with China being recognized as the largest insurance market with its 1.2 billion people that the importance of the actuary would quickly emerge. This article is about the Society of Actuaries donating a substantial collection of actuarial education materials to the Chinese Actuarial Association [CAA] to help develop its curriculum and symbolically support its efforts.

Description: In the Public Interest 2014 Issue 10 Interview with an Actuary in the Public Interest

Description: This article covers the results of the elections for the 2013 product development section council. In particular, it gives the background on the following individuals who were newly elected to a 3-year term on the council: Vera Ljucovic, Jim Filmore, and Joe Kordovi. It also gives the background on Dave Moran who was chosen by the council for a 1-year term to replace a council member that had to step down prior to completing their 3-year term.