Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. Highlights objectives of the IFAA, the relationship with its 43 member actuarial associations, and current issues under consideration, including: international accounting standards for retirement benefits, other employee benefit costs, and a possible new global education syllabus for actuaries after 2005.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session was held before the passage of NAFTA. The participants provided their thoughts about its potential passage and associated implications from their three perspectives - US, Canada, and Mexico.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting discusses the actuarial codes of professional conduct and standards of practice in the U.S., how the codes from other countries pertain to actuaries practicing there and code and cultural differences in other countries. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3a.

Description: Presentation at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This panel discussion covers emerging issues in Canadian financial reporting for life insurance companies: new consolidated standards of practice, future financial condition opinion, disclosure of financial information.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting covers the highlights of the IAA centennial meeting in Brussels. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.