Description: In April, 2009, the Chinese government launched the most comprehensive Health Care System Reform ever. The goal: to establish and improve the basic health care system covering most urban and rural residents, and to provide the people with safe, effective, convenient and affordable health care. There is no doubt that this 'Made in China' health care reform will become the world’s most extensive health care system reform because it will inevitably affect many players in the game such as the local governments who currently administrate the program, the medical professionals who provide the care, the pharmaceutical manufacturers who provide the medicines, and the very large population who participate in the program, etc. This article summarizes the highlights of China's health care reform program.

Description: January 2014 issue of In the Public Interest

Description: New Zealand Ambassador’s Report by Richard Geisler from International Section News, February 1998, Issue No. 15.

Description: Korea Ambassador’s Report—June 1997 by Stephan Rajotte from International Section News, February 1998, Issue No. 15.

Description: A discussion of the results of the Society of Actuaries China Committee membership survey performed to determine what the region’s members thought were the most important objectives and to identify their needs.

Description: Discusses the early days of India's opening up of it's insurance markets and the actuarial profession.

Description: An interesting article demonstrating how life insurance premiums are treated differently around the world.

Description: Brief discussion about the prior years International Section meetings and the upcoming meeting in 2004.

Description: An article explaining the conversion of the Israeli financial reporting scheme to a pseudo-GAAP method with acquisition expenses fully deferred and amortized in a straight line over 15 year. DAC was fully written off upon lapse. Initial results were good but then problems developed.

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.