Description: Article discusses causes of high charges in relations to reimbursement arrangements and possible actions of insurers & payers. Issue No. 45.

Description: This article discusses Accountable Care Organizations, how they work, managing risks and their expectations to bend the cost curve.

Description: The article describes the recent implementation of a new research strategy for the SOA. It includes excerpts from the strategy and explains how it impacts health research.

Description: Editor letter detailing article and encouraging authorship.

Description: Opportunities and Challenges in the Korean Insurance Market by Chi Hong An from International Section News, February 2004, Issue No. 32.

Description: This article summarizes how the Korean Insurance market is handling the major challenges of globalization, changes in the regulatory environment, the low interest rate environment as well as others.

Description: This article is about an actuary's eight-month journey to South Korea working as a co-op student at Samsung Fire & Marine SFM Insurance Company in Seoul.

Description: Discussion of social security systems in the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean.

Description: China has experienced significant economic growth over the last 30 years, during which its economy has grown faster than that of any other country in history. Foreign investments have been one of the major driving forces behind the explosive growth. As multinational companies have increased their investments in China, the number of foreign workers in China has increased. In particular, with a shortage of local talent in China, particularly at the middle- to senior-management level, many multinationals have been using expatriates to fill key positions. This article summarizes the compensation and benefit packages provided to more than 300,000 foreign workers in China.

Description: In this article, the author discusses the actuarial and economic outlook in Argentina.