Description: Full version of Risks & Rewards Newsletter, August 2005, Issue No. 47.

Description: This session at the 1998 Valuation Actuary Symposium explores the role and the perception of the appointed actuary as either an employee or an outside consultant. The Canadian structure and viewpoint are also presented.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. This session is a brief summary and discussion comparing the role of the appointed actuary in different countries including the following: 1. Responsibilities. 2. To whom does the appointed actuary report? 3. Who sets the rules/standards? 4. Potential personal liabilities. 5. How well is the system working?

Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session is about solvency issues of life insurance companies in other countries, regular standards, role of the actuary and examination of past experience. Topics addressed: 1. Regulation as an entry barrier or even as a barrier to staying in a country. 2. Developments in the European Community, particularly in the U.K with respect to solvency issues.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists discuss the duties and responsibilities of appointed actuaries, including compliance with qualification standards and actuarial standards of practice. They discuss the United States, where new regulations were recently adopted by the National Association of insurance Commissioners [NAIC], developments in Canada, where new legislation is expected to pass, and also world practice, looking at Europe and the U.K. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting looks at the outlook over the next 10 years of employee benefits. The effect on the role of the actuary is discussed.