Description: The technological, globalized world we live in was barely imaginable when the organization now called the International Association of Actuaries [IAA] was launched 103 years ago. However, that world was a reality when the International Forum of Actuarial Associations [IFAA] was formed as a section of the IAA in 1995. As the quadrennial IAA congress convenes in June 1998 in Birmingham, England, IAA members will vote on a historic measure. They will consider transforming the IAA, now an association of individual actuaries, into the structure of the IFAA, an association of actuarial organizations, to maintain and work to increase the profession’s influence in an increasingly globalized world. This article describes the details of the proposed changes.

Description: This is an address at the Society of Actuaries 1997 Annual Meeting where President-Elect, Howard J. Bolnick, offers his view of the actuarial profession and the direction he intends to lead.

Description: In this article, a Canadian actuary describes his first year working internationally in Serbia, Washington, D.C., and the United Kingdom.

Description: This is a presidential address to the Society of Actuaries by Howard J. Bolnick.