Description: Panelists for this session 40OF of the Montreal Spring Meeting discuss some of the situations in which U.S. GAAP accounting for life insurance companies has international implications.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting discuss the American Academy of Actuaries research on valuation and insurance in 14 countries in light of the movement of the NAIC toward a new valuation law.

Description: Presenters gave their projections and analysis on demographic trends and longevity prospects going into the next century in important countries. They analyzed the factors influencing the expected trends and comment on what these trends will mean for the financial services industries and the actuarial profession around the world.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session discussed the panelist's approach to actuarial education and training in other countries.

Description: This 1981 session focused on the relative roles of regulation and the actuary in three countries - the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. It looked at valuation and solvency, contracts, rate control and disclosure. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting discusses defined benefit issues including flexible funding methods, plan design, ad hoc arrangements and formal funding objectives. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4A

Description: This session discussion is about recent developments and public discussions affecting pension benefits in Canada, Great Britain, Brazil, Japan and Australia, and contrasting them with the United States. The discussion includes different attitudes toward pension surpluses and trends toward defined contribution versus defined benefit plans. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: This session discussion will be based on current events concerning pensions in the United States, Canada and Internationally. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Orlando Meeting covers insolvencies of insurance companies in the U.S., developments within the IAA with respect to solvency assessment and risk measurement. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3.

Description: This presentation from Session 141 of the SOA 2004 Annual Meeting and Exhibit discusses the longevity and investment risks facing participants after retirement and examines the relative merits of annuitizing retirement assets. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 3.