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.

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 summarizes IFRS 4, the initial phase of international accounting standards for insurance contracts and provides and outlook for phase II.

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: The article provides insights about the need for revolutionary actuaries in Saudi Arabia due to the reform that is happening across the kingdom under all sectors. Then I talk briefly about the health sector and the transformation that is happing in the sector, and how qualified health actuaries can contribute to this health reform.

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.