Description: An invitation to attend and a call for papers for the Colloquium of the International Actuarial Association.

Description: This article provides profiles of the newly elected International Section Council members.

Description: The author discusses what influences the general insurance market.

Description: Introducing new section council members.

Description: Emilie Bouchard introduces herself as Canadian Liaison for SOA.

Description: It summarizes the activities that took place on the “Day of reflection and evaluation of insurance in Argentina” held at the School of Economic Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires (FCE-UBA) on October 17th. The main objective of the Day was to present the progress achieved through the National Strategic Plan for the Insurance Industry (PlaNeS 2012-2020) launched in 2012. The audience included the Superintendent and Vice Superintendent of Insurance, Juan Bontempo and Santiago Fraschina, as well as the Dean of the FCE-UBA, Professor Alberto Barbieri, and authorities of all insurance chambers and industry trade bodies.

Description: this article is a recap of the 16th Global Conference Of Actuaries

Description: To explore the main drivers of the growing force of Chinese Life Insurance Industry.

Description: Editor's note for the September 2014 issue.

Description: The paper begins by questioning the wisdom of making pension provision when negative real rates of return are on offer. It then explores an alternative means of securing your standard of living in retirement: repurchasing of goods and services. The pros and cons are considered. There are risks but they are different ones. The author is not sure that the world is ready for such an approach; not yet anyway. But if the financial sector becomes too bloated, who knows?