Description: Announcement of this event, to be held May 6-9, 2012. The theme is 'The Actuarial Profession and Social and Economic Development'.

Description: Recognition of Actuaries and Competition in Europe by Wilhelm S. Meijer from International Section News, February 1998, Issue No. 15.

Description: Highlights the current events and projects conducted under the auspices of the International Actuarial Association IAA.

Description: Editor’s note: This is the first article in a series of three covering the Society of Actuaries (SOA) Competency Framework. The subsequent articles will appear in future issues of the Actuary of the Future newsletter. The Society of Actuaries (SOA) Competency Framework is a powerful tool to enable you to design your future. Though it has been the SOA’s instrument for prioritizing continuing education and support to members since 2010, many actuaries are still not fully aware what a potent tool it can be to them in planning their personal careers.

Description: AWB Global mentorship program , how it's beneficial for an Actuarial student in a market with scarce Actuarial resources. And how this programme supports AWB objective in promoting the actuarial profession in areas of the world in which it is not present or is not fully developed.

Description: Discusses the University of the West Indies Actuarial Society that was launched in 2002 at the University's Mona campus in Jamaica.

Description: Listing of announcements that are of interest to the section members.

Description: Talks about the development of actuarial profession in Ghana, the successes and initiatives.

Description: In “Gearing up for Designing Your Future,” published in the May 2017 issue of Actuary of the Future, the author cited four heroes as his personal inspiration. This article is the successor, showing the glory of these heroes and how they can inspire us actuaries today, as we strive to live our best lives. Identifying your own Noble Purpose as an actuary and in your life makes creating a five-year plan for personal growth meaningful and motivating. What will you gain from reading biographies of famous people and the classics? To aspire, to approach eloquence, to emulate the poetry of how they put their ideas across to mobilize their publics, to elevate our own characters by their examples, to be fully equipped to make moral and ethical judgments, to master the primary tool, verbal communication.

Description: Provides an overview of SFAS 60, 91, 97, and 120 and the importance of U.S. GAAP for Asian insurance companies with a country by country analysis.