Description: recap of the mortality working group meeting.

Description: A look at the cost of out-migration on a region with an aging population.

Description: Editor' Note

Description: Actuarial activity in Azerbaijan commenced in 2008 with the enactment of the insurance law. The Actuarial Association of Azerbaijan was created in that year. The insurance law prescribes an official roster of actuaries who qualify after passing an exam. There is also the position of “appointed actuary” who reports directly to the board of directors of the insurance company. However, due to the relatively fast development of the insurance market, there is an urgent need of qualified actuaries. Actuaries Without Borders and the International Actuarial Association have thus helped in the capacity building process. This article describes the workshop that was held in Baku, in December 2019.

Description: Vision and objectives and projects for the International Section.

Description: Feature article describing the IFRS 17 and Solvency II workshop conducted by the SOA is Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Description: Update of climate risk related governance and disclosure.

Description: Valerie Tsang and Jessica Kirkwood are both senior consultants with Ernst & Young LLP (EY UK) and Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) respectively, who also have something else in common—they both have recently moved to a new country and are now immersed in a different market. Here, they discuss the quick-changing landscape of actuarial work and regulations and the importance of being aware of the key issues both in the countries they work in and globally, as well as some of the differences they have seen between the UK and US markets.

Description: Looking to the upcoming 2024 year and looking back at the 2023 year in the International Section.

Description: Editor’s Note by Kevin M. Law from International Section News, February 1998, Issue No. 15.