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: Discussion of the business environment in Brazil as it pertains to insurers and insurance business opportunities.

Description: Keynote Address from the Caribbean Actuarial Association Conference.

Description: In this article, the author discusses the impact of moving to International Accounting Standards in Taiwan.

Description: This article gives readers an introduction to Microinsurance.

Description: In this article, the author discusses the changes in Asian society brought about by macroeconomic development and demographic changes.

Description: The article details the history and educational requirements of the Swiss Association of Actuaries (SAA). The actuarial profession in Switzerland is well-positioned to meet the challenges of regulation, economic capital and insurance financial reporting.

Description: A report on the Panamerican Congress of Actuaries in Bogota, Colombia in the fall of 1999. This is a forum for actuaries from Latin America. The topic of the conference was Social Security Reform in Latin America

Description: Details are told about the life insurance market in the Philippines. Pre-need and savings plans for education are emphasized.

Description: This article discusses the regulatory changes in Bermuda. There is an international initiative to review all insurance regulation by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors IAIS and the International Monetary Fund IMF.