Description: Discussion of the Buol Report, dealing with international solvency standards for life insurance companies

Description: This article gives an overview of how countries all over the world are addressing the issue social security financing and its rapidly growing costs.

Description: SOA participation in international meetings in India and Russia.

Description: The United States has received severe negative press the last several years regarding its massive U.S. federal government debt, currently estimated as of April 2007 at about $8.9 trillion. This article looks at the U.S. debt relative to other countries and also explores the impact on U.S. investments.

Description: Reflections on aging populations.

Description: This article is a summary of the World Bank Policy Research Report entitled Averting the Old-Age Crisis: Policies to Protect the Old and Promote Growth. This report concludes that a mix of systems is more appropriate than single pillar systems. It recommends a publicly managed system with the limited goals of reducing poverty among the old, a privately managed mandatory savings system and voluntary savings.

Description: The author encourages actuaries to understand the needs for actuarial type work in all geographical areas of the world and look for ways to help.

Description: This article highlights the benefits of the globalization of the actuarial profession and discusses why actuaries should be interested in international topics.

Description: With improved global mortality confirmed, the question becomes: What adjustments do actuaries need to make? This article answers that and other questions related to mortality improvements.

Description: Profile of the International Section.