Description: AWB Global mentorship program , how it's beneficial for an Actuarial student in a market with scarce Actuarial resources. And how this programme supports AWB objective in promoting the actuarial profession in areas of the world in which it is not present or is not fully developed.

Description: Provides an overview of India's insurance market and the important role of the actuary.

Description: In this article, the Editor talks about happenings in the International Section.

Description: interview with Mr. Fauzi Arfan (FA), President of the Society of Actuaries of Indonesia or Persatuan Aktuaris Indonesia to enhance the understanding of the PAI.

Description: IACA, and IAA Section has a key role to play at ICA, held only every 4 years. This feature gives you a flavour of IACA highlights in Berlin, June 2018.

Description: In an earlier article in the February 2004 edition of International News, some topical issues and the background to the Australian actuarial profession were discussed. This article provides an update on the current “state of play.” Therefore, the focus is mostly on topical issues, as much of the background already provided remains relevant.

Description: Historical Factors That Have Influenced the Life Insurance Market

Description: Read the October 2020 issue of International News published by the International Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: In “Gearing up for Designing Your Future,” published in the May 2017 issue of Actuary of the Future, the author cited four heroes as his personal inspiration. This article is the successor, showing the glory of these heroes and how they can inspire us actuaries today, as we strive to live our best lives. Identifying your own Noble Purpose as an actuary and in your life makes creating a five-year plan for personal growth meaningful and motivating. What will you gain from reading biographies of famous people and the classics? To aspire, to approach eloquence, to emulate the poetry of how they put their ideas across to mobilize their publics, to elevate our own characters by their examples, to be fully equipped to make moral and ethical judgments, to master the primary tool, verbal communication.

Description: This is a report on the 2005 Shanghai Insurance and Actuarial Open Forum which was held on June 8, 2005 at the Management and Development Center of Fudan University in Shanghai, China. The Forum had two themes : health insurance in China and actuarial education in China.