Description: In this article, the authors review the International Experience Study updates.

Description: Highlights of the International Experience Study (IES), a joint research venture of the SOA’s International Section and Research Department, the International Actuarial Association, local actuarial associations and corporate sponsors to provide actuaries around the world with practical experience information in emerging markets.

Description: This article contains a summary of the SOA International Experience Survey of Embedded Value Financial Assumptions. Topics surveyed include discount rate, equity return, fixed return, local government return, inflation, and tax rates.

Description: Update on the SOA International experience study. The SOA has developed a new “tool” using Microsoft Access/Excel for international actuaries to conduct mortality and persistency studies in conjunction with the SOA’s international experience study initiative.

Description: In this article, the author presents a study on Egyptian life insurance mortality for ordinary standard life insurance business in Egypt, for the period July 7, 2003 to June 30, 2006.

Description: A description of the 2014 Living to 100 Triennial Symposium including a summary of some of the papers presented, a description of the international aspects, and links to the Living to 100 website.

Description: Describes the popularity and comprehensiveness of available mortality tables through Table Manager.

Description: The first preliminary results on international experience studies on mortality and persistency for the pilot countries of Taiwan, Mexico and South Korea are discussed and future expansion of the studies are explained.