Description: Editor's Note for September 2012 International News

Description: This article provides highlights of the International Section Council meeting, reception, and section-sponsored sessions from the 2012 SOA Annual Meeting.

Description: We look in this article at the challenges which life insurance companies operating in a low interest environment have to face.

Description: Article is about actuarial summer school in Switzerland on Financing of Retirement Benefits.

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

Description: Part One of a three part discussion of A Social Security System for the 21st Century, this part focuses the broader international, social, political, cultural and economic trends that will govern the viability and sustainability of a social security system in the 21st century.

Description: Focuses on these key China market questions: • How quickly is the market developing? • What is the market potential? • How are the existing foreign companies performing? • What are the main implications of China’s accession to the WTO? • How do different market entry options compare? • Which are the key issues to consider in establishing a joint venture? • What is the future outlook for new entrants?

Description: Presenter describes many of the desirable characteristics of a health care financing system, and alternative health care financing systems as they are found in other parts of the world. The advantages and disadvantages of each alternative system are also discussed. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: Part Two of a 3 part discussion of: Social Security System for the 21st Century. This part outlines some of the key characteristics of the viable social security system of the 21st century.

Description: Excellent big picture view for planning a social insurance system with pay-as-you-go, required self-funded, and voluntary plans.