Description: To describe the effort of local actuarial community to establish a formal actuarial society for Vietnam

Description: The International Forum of Actuarial Associations by Chris Daykin from International Section News, February 1998, Issue No. 15.

Description: This is a brief report on the trip that the author made with two other SOA members, Bruce Schobel and Jim Wiseman, to Almaty, Kazakhstan during the week of September 1, 2003. They were invited by the Actuarial Society of Kazakhstan [ASK] to conduct several seminars for their members and various government officials. The trip was financed by USAID through a grant to the Arizona-Kazakhstan Foundation. The topics of the seminars were pension/social security reform, role of the actuary in an economy, annuity pricing/ reserving and professionalism.

Description: In this article, the author discusses the development of actuarial theory and principles in China and the influence the SOA has had on their education system.

Description: Jill Hoffman’s report on 2010 actuarial activities in Singapore and Cathy Lyn’s report on the 2009 activities in the Jamaica .

Description: In this article, the chair updates the section on the financial reporting seminar in Hong Kong, the International Membership Strategy Task Force and Fall 2010 International Actuarial Association IAA meeting.

Description: 5th Actuarial Symposium in Colombia

Description: A recap of the 2013 Association of Consulting Actuaries annual members’ conference.

Description: A brief summary of the AAE and its activities

Description: This article briefly introduces the key responsibilities of ambassadors, describes their recent activities and welcomes new ambassadors.