Description: The Society of Actuaries SOA has brought together several leading enterprise risk management ERM actuaries to identify the top 11 concentrated areas of risk in 2011 and provide insight on how ERM programs can be used to hedge against those systemic risks. Risk actuaries can help determine what spiking oil prices mean for our economy by developing scenarios to help corporations and consumers make better decisions. From the Bubble Risk Bulletin - May 2011.

Description: Discusses the influences that foreign economies have on the U.S. economy and the risks that those influences create for the U.S. life insurance industry.

Description: Given all the noise surrounding the topic of avian influenza today, how can actuaries distill the mass of information—which is often conflicting—into the critical questions to raise and explore within their own organizations?

Description: This article describes the impact of the global acceptance of the SOA’s Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst credential.

Description: An introduction to insurance market in french speaking subsaharan market known as CIMA. Governance,dynamics, microinsurance and actuarial profession challenges.

Description: In this article, the author discusses the new IAA strategic plan for dealing with global financial risk.

Description: This article provides an introduction to group supervision and group capital and its importance in today's increasingly global insurance market. Additionally, the article examines the various methods used in practice for calculating group capital and the factors that companies should consider as they develop their group capital management strategy.

Description: background history of the insurance industry and the role of actuaries within it, followed by the current environment and anticipated future environment.

Description: In this article, the author discusses the global ERM credential.

Description: The 2008 global financial crisis highlighted the costs of supporting systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs) as well as the linkages both between institutions as well as across countries. The G 20 tasked the Financial Stability Board (FSB) along with international regulatory associations such as the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to evolve frameworks for supervision of such SIFIs.