Description: Article is about a task for for continuing education seminars

Description: The financial services industry is becoming globally integrated. This article discusses significant developments and the implications for actuaries.

Description: Article from The Actuary, October 1989, Volume 23, No 9 describes the Nankai Actuarial Program that was suspended by pro democracy demonstrations in May of 1989 in China Tiananmen Square.

Description: This paper presents various book reviews published in Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 32.

Description: This article discusses value at risk, VaR, and VaR modeling of the bank's portfolios that would recognize diversity and hedging. This article also covers the differences between classical VaR and the longer horizons required by the insurance industry and the feasibility of extending VaR to the insurance industry.

Description: Presidential Musings by Harry Panjer from International Section News, June 2003, Issue No. 30.

Description: Thailand has been experiencing a high and rapid HIV infection growth rate due to a combination of exotic new strains of the HIV, heavy intravenous drug use, a flourishing commercial sex industry and entrenched high-risk behavior by Thai males. Although major uncertainties remain about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Thailand, one thing is certain: HIV infection will continue to spread. Therefore Thai life insurance companies have to make plans for coping with the consequences of this epidemic.

Description: Harry Panjer discusses the growth of the Risk Management Section and its importance within the SOA.