Description: The first objective is to highlight the key trends and projections that describe the magnitude and scope of the aging world in the 21st century. The second is to identify some of the key issues that countries in the developed and developing world will have to face as a consequence of population aging. The third objective is to emphasize the triumph and opportunities of an aging world, providing a counterpoint to the prevailing notion that the aging of societies is a catastrophe, leading only to undue burden on future generations.

Description: Overview of the 21st Annual Caribbean Actuarial Association (CAA) Conference and the CAA's involvement in regional policy, practice and academics.

Description: The chairperson discusses the health of the long term care industry in four key areas: investment, legitimacy, execution, and promotion.

Description: Highlights of the 2013 Intercompany Long-Term Care Insurance (ILTCI) Conference

Description: Provides preview of the two essays published in this Pension Section News and encourages dialogue, particularly on the 401(k) essay and the ideas for change.

Description: Six years after the global financial crisis, the reshaped contours of the market for the life insurance industry are coming into focus.

Description: Feature article describing how the Society of Actuaries (SOA) partnered with the Association of Home Office Underwriters (AHOU) and the Canadian Institute of Underwriters to conduct research focused on new medical tests and markers that may have significance and relevance to the life insurance markets to get a sense of where underwriting practices are going in the future.

Description: This article highlights some key implications for reinsurance contracts held.

Description: Discussion of FinTech including PIMCO research on 401(k) use of managed accounts and observations about cybersecurity, genetic data, and retirement spend down.