Description: A discussion of the role and responsibilities of actuaries beyond crunching numbers

Description: A review of the recent history of the actuarial profession in Pakistan and the near term future as of the year 2000.

Description: A discussion of the Brazilian Health Industry

Description: Insurance Regulation in Spain In response to the 1995 Ordinance on the Supervision of Private Insurers, the Direccion General de Seguros DGS has proposed a sweeping new set of regulations. These regulations replace the 1985 and 1986 regulations their amendments and are intended bring Spanish regulation and practice line with the European Community EC directives. This article reviews some key aspects of the new Spanish regulation and discusses possible responses by the insurance market.

Description: Part 2 of a discussion of the Chinese life insurance market with an emphasis on regulatory, investment, tax, and professional development issues.

Description: A discussion of the future of the Brazilian Health Market with a focus on the legislation which passed in June 1998 to regulate the private health insurance industry

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: Discussion that reinsurance regulation is driving the amount and hence the cost of capital and hence the ability of reinsurers to price products competitively

Description: Discussion of the development of the Russian insurance industry and market opportunities