Description: Panelists discuss current international actuarial issues, reports from national ambassadors on local issues, and a discussion of issues facing the International Section. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: 1999 SOA Annual Meeting, San Francisco. The panel considered the new European Union and the challenges and opportunities it offers for American insurance and financial institutions. Topics included: 1. Investment challenges and opportunities in the new European Empire. 2. Impacts on the insurance and pension markets. 3. Increased competition from European companies. 4. Hedging with the new currency.