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

Description: Excellent big picture view for planning a social insurance system with pay-as-you-go, required self-funded, and voluntary plans.

Description: This article outlines the guiding principles for the continuing work on formalizing international strategy by the International Issues Advisory Group. Additionally noted is the draft report A Global Framework for Insurer Solvency, the second International Health Colloquium, and a new newsletter with a focus on the development of potential IAA Standards for Application with IASB standards.

Description: A recap of the Caribbean Actuarial Association’s Professionalism Event for Experienced Actuaries at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Description: 2011 SOA International Financial Reporting for Insurers Seminar, Hong Kong. This is a spreadsheet associated with Session 26 – 'Presentation Workshop' held at the 2011 SOA International Financial Reporting for Insurers Seminar in Hong Kong. This spreadsheet facilitated the objectives of the workshop which focused on building the statement of comprehensive income using the exposure draft approach.

Description: The January 2001 edition of The Actuary newsletter ran a panel discussion titled Actuaries discuss reasons for growth of offshore operations. There have been major changes in the offshore market in the last three years. New faces have appeared and then disappeared. Major players have become minor players. Business plans have changed. What has gone on recently? We asked industry experts to participate in an update.

Description: Article from Pension Section News, May 2007, No. 64, discusses outcome-oriented approach to defined benefit investing. Instead of focusing on market indices, the focus is on achieving a specific real-world outcome for the defined benefit plan.

Description: John Naisbitt, in Megatrends, defined a megatrend as a general shift in thinking or approach affecting countries, industries and organizations. This article challenges actuaries to consider off-the-charts factors within their risk maps and consider their potential impact.

Description: Chairperson's update on the International Section.

Description: In this issue, Actuary of the Future editor Yuan Yuan invites Doug French, the managing principal of the Insurance and Actuarial Advisory Services practice of Ernst & Young LLP’s Financial Services Organization, to share about his experiences and views on the actuarial profession.