Description: The editor provides highlights of the May 2013 issue of International News and calls on international members to provide feedback to the Society of Actuaries as it continues to become a more global organization.

Description: Understanding U.S. defined-benefit plan annual funding notice definitions and what they are meant to represent is a key to understanding how “healthy” or “unhealthy” a pension plan is. This article offers a description of several types of funded status measurements and their applications under the rules mandated by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to fund private employer-sponsored defined-benefit pension plans.

Description: Article describing Actuaries Without Borders helping to organize an actuarial workshop in Vietnam.

Description: A look at U.S. and Dutch multiemployer plans.

Description: January issue of International News

Description: Introduction of recent section activities and content of the current issue.

Description: This is the strong message to encourage all actuaries in the world, who are struggling against low/zero/negative interest rate. Japanese actuaries have been struggling with low/zero/negative interest rate since 1995. There are experiences in asset management, product revision, pricing strategy, and capital management that can be applicable to other countries.

Description: Question and answers about microinsurance with the editors of Actuaries in Microinsurance.

Description: Brief description of the actuarial profession in Switzerland, the success story of the Swiss Solvency Test (SST), and some features of the insurance market.

Description: Joseph Lu considers the risk of pandemics and whether actuaries can go beyond just modelling financial losses towards working on prevention