Description: This is one actuary's tale about her experience with business analytics involving bats, stats, and a task force. From The Actuary, February 2012, Volume 9, Issue 1.

Description: Introduction of recent section activities and content of the current issue.

Description: This article outlines how “the pearl of the Indian Ocean” is shining now with achievement of actuaries.

Description: A listing of all the events at the ReFocus 2011 meeting.

Description: Chairman’s column describing the leadership positions of the Section Council.

Description: This is a brief report on the trip that the author made with two other SOA members, Bruce Schobel and Jim Wiseman, to Almaty, Kazakhstan during the week of September 1, 2003. They were invited by the Actuarial Society of Kazakhstan [ASK] to conduct several seminars for their members and various government officials. The trip was financed by USAID through a grant to the Arizona-Kazakhstan Foundation. The topics of the seminars were pension/social security reform, role of the actuary in an economy, annuity pricing/ reserving and professionalism.

Description: This article discusses the actuarial profession in Australia including the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. Also discussed are the financial services industry in Australia and the regulatory environment.

Description: The International Section Council is pleased to announce the winners of the Country Feature Award held for the Ambassadors by the section. First place went to the Ambassador in Vietnam.

Description: Cecil Bykerk addresses the International Section and talks about his international travel.

Description: Introduction of recent section activities and content of the current issue.