Description: Retirement benefits have become a seamless worldwide web. Thus actuaries who go to war in the international arena are painfully aware of the impact of U.S. technology on the battlefield. The debut of that awesome awful weapon, ERISA, and all its derivatives has persuaded many countries to adopt counterparts.

Description: This article discusses the formation, and work in progress or under consideration, of the SOA's Committee for Research on Social Concerns to identify social concerns with actuarial aspects on which objective analysis, research and creative input could be provided.

Description: The International Accounting Standards Committee’s IASC mandate to produce internationally recognized standards for employee benefits gave the International Forum of Actuarial Organizations IFAA an early opportunity to show its importance in representing actuarial interests internationally.

Description: An article describing health care experiences in Japan, documented by a non-Japanese author. From The Actuary October 1989, Vol. 23, No. 9.

Description: An article provides a look at traveling overseas for actuarial work. Questions, concerns and tips for consideration in accepting an overseas assignment.