Description: An update on developments within the SOA Ambassador Program up to December 2015.

Description: First from a comparison of U.S. and Japanese interest rates, abrupt switch to sumo, because sumo is life! Okay, it is not -- in March 2022, there was an upset win when a tall but li wrestler won the tournament. Just as in sumo, when it's not the more massive man who wins, we need to question our assumptions in our models.

Description: A discussion of the new management structure for the SOA International organization

Description: This article discusses the regulatory changes in Bermuda. There is an international initiative to review all insurance regulation by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors IAIS and the International Monetary Fund IMF.

Description: Reasons to work abroad.

Description: Recap of 2008 section activities and introduction of 2009 goals.

Description: The new chairperson talks about the section activities for the year ahead.

Description: The article details the history and educational requirements of the Swiss Association of Actuaries (SAA). The actuarial profession in Switzerland is well-positioned to meet the challenges of regulation, economic capital and insurance financial reporting.

Description: The author describes a course he and his colleague designed and taught at Columbia University called "A Global Perspective of the Health Insurance Market."

Description: Insight into activities of Actuaries Without Borders (AWB), a section of the International Actuarial Association, and SOA involvement in the section. AWB’s mandate is to provide volunteers for projects in countries where the actuarial profession is at an early level of development.