Description: The author provides an overview of the Chinese health care system from its beginnings in in 1949 to the present day launching of the most comprehensive reform ever.

Description: Why Should Life Insurers Care About Brexit?

Description: An overview of health care history and privatization developments in four Latin American countries: Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Brazil.

Description: The Brazilian private health care market ended 2010 with US $48 billion worth of premium. This already makes it Latin America’s largest health care market and sixth in the world ranking. This article provides information on the market and opportunity for growth.

Description: In this article, the author discusses long-term care and eldershield in Singapore.

Description: Society of Actuaries' Hong Kong Ambassador’s Report, discussing the primary objectives of the 1998 activities launched in China

Description: The Actuarial Society of Turkey (AST) is a professional association which was established on May 25, 1951. The mission of the Actuarial Society of Turkey is to serve the public and Turkish actuarial profession. Primary purposes of the AST are to contribute to the development of actuarial science, to increase the professional knowledge of members, to protect the professional interests of them and their clients and to ensure solidarity among them. The Actuarial Society of Turkey is a full member of International Actuarial Association (IAA) and Actuarial Association of Europe (AAE).

Description: A discussion of how health insurance is evolving in Panama from indemnity type plans to managed care plans.

Description: In “Gearing up for Designing Your Future,” published in the May 2017 issue of Actuary of the Future, the author cited four heroes as his personal inspiration. This article is the successor, showing the glory of these heroes and how they can inspire us actuaries today, as we strive to live our best lives. Identifying your own Noble Purpose as an actuary and in your life makes creating a five-year plan for personal growth meaningful and motivating. What will you gain from reading biographies of famous people and the classics? To aspire, to approach eloquence, to emulate the poetry of how they put their ideas across to mobilize their publics, to elevate our own characters by their examples, to be fully equipped to make moral and ethical judgments, to master the primary tool, verbal communication.

Description: Evaluation of Taiwan's National Health insurance program and a discussion of a managed competition model to reform it.