Description: Full version of International Section News, February 2000, Issue No. 21.

Description: 1987 Valuation Actuary Symposium. This open forum discussed the implementation of GAAP for life insurance companies in Canada. Topics included the history, concerns, provisions for adverse deviations, developments, application, and practical implementation.

Description: In session 32 IF of the New York Annual Meeting the panel discusses the ongoing consolidation at the domestic and foreign levels of the financial services industry, and the ensuing need for an international accounting standard. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. Highlights objectives of the IFAA, the relationship with its 43 member actuarial associations, and current issues under consideration, including: international accounting standards for retirement benefits, other employee benefit costs, and a possible new global education syllabus for actuaries after 2005.

Description: Full version of International Section News, February 1999, Issue No. 18.

Description: This is a discussion about new product developments, supplementary benefits - Accidental Death, Guaranteed Insurability and automatic inclusion of supplementary benefits rather than optional, product expense trends, considerations in setting commissions for policies with different characteristics, and analyzing and entering new markets.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session was held before the passage of NAFTA. The participants provided their thoughts about its potential passage and associated implications from their three perspectives - US, Canada, and Mexico.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting discusses the actuarial codes of professional conduct and standards of practice in the U.S., how the codes from other countries pertain to actuaries practicing there and code and cultural differences in other countries. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3a.

Description: A review of the development and responsibilities of the "appointed actuary" for Canadian insurance companies and other designated roles in Canada.

Description: Presentation at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This panel discussion covers emerging issues in Canadian financial reporting for life insurance companies: new consolidated standards of practice, future financial condition opinion, disclosure of financial information.