Description: These are the meeting minutes of the International Section Council for September 16, 2003. Various section issues wer discussed including meeting scheduling and international staff.

Description: Survey of the experiences of actuaries working internationally.

Description: this article is a recap of The 23rd Annual Conference of the Caribbean Actuarial Association

Description: Valerie Tsang and Jessica Kirkwood are both senior consultants with Ernst & Young LLP (EY UK) and Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) respectively, who also have something else in common—they both have recently moved to a new country and are now immersed in a different market. Here, they discuss the quick-changing landscape of actuarial work and regulations and the importance of being aware of the key issues both in the countries they work in and globally, as well as some of the differences they have seen between the UK and US markets.

Description: Part One of a three part discussion of A Social Security System for the 21st Century, this part focuses the broader international, social, political, cultural and economic trends that will govern the viability and sustainability of a social security system in the 21st century.

Description: Description of the stage of development of economic risk-based solvency regulation in Latin America, with focus on Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Peru.

Description: The Vietnamese life insurance industry is still in its infancy with the first Life insurance company being set up in 1996, however it has grown rapidly in all relevant measures.

Description: A significant contributor to Ireland’s economic strength has been the success of its international life insurance industry - foreign insurers establishing themselves in Ireland to enable them to efficiently target the trillion dollar European savings and investment market.

Description: The article is an overview of the life insurance business in the Middle-East. It presents the history and culture of the region and the impact on shaping the life insurance products. The article then presents surrounding economic, political and demographic environment as well as business challenges and opportunities. Finally, the article presents the market position on the digital transformation.

Description: Short article with some very limited case studies regarding how an actuary should perform in certain professional situations.