Description: This article describes the need for and the benefits of implementing a financial education program for employees

Description: Read the January 2020 issue of International News published by the International Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: The diary of Dirk Nieder, an actuary who traveled in Asia amid the COVID-19 pandemic, tying in what he saw in asia countries and developments from the west.

Description: Representing a large indexed annuity writer, the speakers will discuss the growth and evolution of the market for index annuity products. Moreover, the challenges that growth has introduced and how those challenges are being met. While much of the market consists of simple, accumulation-oriented S&P 500 based strategies with 0% return floors, a significant portion of industry sales come from more complex products with highly customized index strategies and other features, such as living benefit guarantees. Attendees will gain a broad understanding of the indexed annuity market, product and features, operational difficulties in risk management arising from product design, and how actuarial and hedge professionals are managing these issues.

Description: New regulation that substantially modifies the Argentine reinsurance market, favoring the larger international reinsurers.

Description: Panelists define and discuss futurism, discuss their proposed upcoming study note, 'Futurism for Actuaries,' and show how futurism can be – and has been – employed in an actuary's practice. Then, the audience is put in groups by practice area to discuss and develop actual futurism tasks – group reports are included here. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: In this article the author discusses 10 ways to have a successful business with limited business travel, including redefining success and living near a big city.

Description: Innovative solutions are necessary for insurers to: • Meet customer needs, • Better collect and process data, • Improve risk assessment and underwriting .

Description: This article discusses the risk management skills and aptitudes needed for the future.

Description: Mandatory implementation of life principle-based reserves (PBR) is just around the corner, and there is no shortage of work to do, as most products have yet to be moved to PBR. Oliver Wyman recently completed its 2019 PBR survey, with more than 40 participants covering 85 percent of the individual life market, including 23 of the top 25 life writers and five reinsurers. This article will expand on the key survey findings including implementation status and model simplifications.