Description: Discussion of China's retirement system and the Enterprise Annuity - a fully funded defined contribution program.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting addresses the critical issues of the financing for the Social Security systems in the U.S. and Canada. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 21, No. 3b.

Description: Panelists at this session at the SOA 1998 Maui II Spring Meeting present the SOA's research project on Social Security and mortality projection methods, the results and key issues and how it has been applied in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

Description: Full version of International Section News, August 2002, Issue No. 28.

Description: This session explores current practices and techniques that plan sponsors use to address the risks associated with the exercise of fiduciary responsibility. Attendees gain a better understanding of some of the issues that plan sponsors face and discuss the tools that can be used to monitor and manage exposure to risks and uncertainty. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2: Spring Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., June 23–25, 2003, Session 108PD.

Description: Presented for discussion are two research reports: Public Employee Retirement Plans Research: Experience Studies, Valuation Reports and Unfunded Liabilities, and Pension Plan Termination in Ontario since 1988. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: Discusses the formation of a task force, intended to become the Committee on Social Security - Retirement and Disability Income, which will focus on education and research on a variety of issues.

Description: Using a case study, this session discussed the asset-liability matching process, uses of the process, and the strengths and weaknesses.

Description: Full version of International Section News, June 2001, Issue No. 25.

Description: A case study on starting the actuarial profession in a new location - in this case Kazakhstan.