Description: A discussion of the similarities and differences in social security benefit design, indexation, and financing in Canada, the United States and other countries.

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

Description: Discussion of inflation: Causes and impacts and what the roles of actuaries might be to manage it.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting focuses on the problems with the dominant social pension systems around the world and the potential solutions to the problems in providing retirement income security in the face of aging populations and diminishing resources. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists discuss strategies employed in Canada and the United States to restructure life insurance costs. They discuss levelized commissions and commission financing, joint ventures and reinsurance, ‘sale’ of strain and loads, statutory liability review, and the effect of tax law changes, including the ‘DAC tax.’ Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: Feature article discussing the 2009 price action - periods of extreme distress and incredible euphoria across the global financial markets. The reversals experienced from asset class lows to their highs have not been seen in decades.

Description: Meditation on life, choices and events during the COVID-19 pandemic

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: Speaker examines economic globalization and other reasons for actuaries to reconsider how we think about risks in the future. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 4B.

Description: This research illustrates many things we may learn from other actuaries around the world in designing a valuation framework, things we can do as well as things we want to avoid. From Society of Actuaries Financial Reporting Monograph, M-AS99-1.