Description: This article gives an overview of the new SOA website and statistics on its usage plus looks at other actuarial sites, and describes the prevalent search engines.

Description: This article from SOA president David Holland, speaks to the need of the actuarial profession to consistently evolve with the needs of the 21st century.

Description: A look at recent inflation, its impact on society, how it differs from other instances of inflation throughout history, and the effectiveness of various measures to curb inflation. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 1, No. 2.

Description: This article discusses some 'standard' methods of foreign expansions. Strategic decisions for expansion in foreign countries require more than qualitative discussions about foreign expansion. It requires hard numbers on the benefits of such strategic expansion plans and is illustrated here with the example of MetLife's 2002 purchase of Ahisa [Aseguradora Hidalgo]. With that purchase, more than 70% of the Mexican insurance market is in the hand of foreign companies.

Description: Actuarial appraisals are performed using discounted cash-flow models. Using local market insurance accounting standards, an appraisal model typically assumes annual after-tax distributable earnings that are repatriated to the investor. The various lines of business are modeled and validated individually and presented in separate sections of the appraisal report before being aggregated into a total company model. From Actuarial Considerations in Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions, M-FI03-1.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting looks at bank ownership and control of insurance companies around the world. Focus is on cultural differences between banking and insurance, regulatory issues, distirubtion, and products.

Description: For firms currently operating or desiring to operate internationally, it is important to be able to speak the financial language of the countries they are investigating. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 17PD of the Toronto Spring Meeting.

Description: The panelists in this session discuss the current state of the CI market in the United States and Canada as well as an overview of seveal other countries. Specific topics to be addressed include product features, marketing and producer issues. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 24

Description: This session from the 2003 Washington D.C. Spring Meeting discusses the recent economic conditions in Europe, Asia and North America and the changes in product design and risk management that have taken place to address such financial risk. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 1, Session 77PD.