Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting discusses the current economic situation, demographics and insurance market in other countries. The discussion addresses such issues as the changes in laws and regulations, the economic climate, cultural environments, and other factors affecting insurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting presents an overview the European Economic Community, size of the market, products, rationale for U.S. companies entering the market, valuation/financial reporting issues, and trade barriers.

Description: Full version of International Section News, September 1998, Issue No. 17.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, San Diego. This session is about privitalization of social security programs. Topics included: 1. The Chilean model. 2. Trends in other Latin American countries. 3. Trends in Europe and Eastern Europe.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, San Diego. This session was about the Latin-American insurance market. Topics included: 1. Size, growth, regulations, products, distribution, marketing. 2. Market entry, business strategies, cultural issues, local staffing. 3. Level of activity for U.S. companies.

Description: Full version of Risk Management, September 2007, Issue No. 11.

Description: Latin America has acquired an economically strategic importance in the process of globalization that it did not have a decade ago. The region has attracted significant attention and investment by the international insurance industry. This article explores some issues related to the growth in supply of insurance companies capacity, the relatively slower pace of growth in consumer demand for their products, and the factors that companies can identify in forming their strategies to achieve their objectives.

Description: This session discussion was about the North America Free Trade Agreement between Mexico, Canada and the United States: Expectations, status, opportunities and implications with respect to professional mobility, financial institution reform, social security systems, and employee benefit plans.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. This session is about managing currency risk. Topics addressed: • Safety of investment vehicles and evaluation of offshore investment quality. • Regulations concerning investments. • Repatriation of profits/home-office expenses. • Asset-liability matching. • Tools for managing currency fluctuations CPA.

Description: Traditionally, the European life insurance market has been characterized as complex, protective and difficult to penetrate for foreign companies. However, recent developments within the European community, as 1992 approaches, are forcing a reevaluation of these concepts.