Description: This article examines the development of the new Brazilian annuitant mortality table, and explores the current and future effects of this table.

Description: This article describes the insurance market in Greece.

Description: Volatility managed funds, which focus the measurement of an investor’s risk appetite on the volatility of the portfolio, have grown popular in the Asian markets recently, particularly in Japan. This article discusses a typical volatility managed strategy and presents performance comparisons between volatility managed funds and other comparable market strategies. The advantages of target volatility managed funds to investors and insurers are also included.

Description: Read the January 2020 issue of International News published by the International Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: An overview of John Robinson's experience at the recently concluded annual meeting of the Caribbean Actuarial Association in Trinidad.

Description: Hong Kong Insurance Ordinance Amendment by Peter Luk from International Section News, February 1998, Issue No. 15.

Description: Discussion of the insurance industry in Ireland and the related regulatory and tax issues.

Description: Experiences at the IAA Colloquium held in Japan in 1999

Description: Discusses the issues papaer to be released by the International Accounting Standards for Insurance to cover accounting issues for insurance contracts as opposed to insurance companies.

Description: Historical case study for a country Germany pursuing pension reform to address demographic problems with a desire to encourage private retirement savings.