Description: This is the August 2008 French version of the Risk Management newsletter.

Description: Emerging risks surprise us, they sneak up on us, and after they occur everyone wonders why we didn’t anticipate them in the first place. Hindsight is, indeed, 20/20. Try to recall how often you thought about the likelihood of the most recent financial bubble or a recent natural disaster prior to its occurrence. Even if you were aware of it and wanted to take action, the markets were unlikely to recognize the risk

Description: In this article, the outgoing chairperson of the Section addresses the readership about the financial crisis.

Description: This article covers domestic and international developments in the carbon market, offers some reflections on potential opportunities for actuaries in the carbon markets and provides insights into the skills needed to develop a successful carbon market practice.

Description: In this article, the editor of the newsletter addresses the readership about changes to the newsletter.

Description: Author demonstrates how to link statistical sub-models with copula dependency models using the R copula package

Description: Incoming section chairperson talks about the future of the section.

Description: Author describes the challenges and risks facing Brazilian actuaries.

Description: This article discusses Variable Annuities and the risks involved.

Description: This article talks about what insurance companies and other financial institutions can do to develop plans for mitigating, recovering from and preventing the disruptive effects of potential crises.