Joint Colloquium of the IACA, PBSS and IAAHS Sections
Joint Colloquium of the IACA, PBSS and IAAHS Sections
Westin Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, U.S.A. — May 4-7, 2008
A J oin t Colloquium an d Sem in ar of three section s of the In tern ation al Actuarial Association (IAA), n am ely, the
Consulting Section (IACA), the Pensions, Beneits and
Social Security Section (PBSS) an d the H ealth Section (IAAH S) will take place in Boston , USA on May 4-7, 20 0 8 . The program will in clude form al addresses by em in en t keyn ote speakers, topical sem in ar-type session s with in vited presen ters, an d a variety of parallel session s at which subm itted papers will be presen ted.
The Colloquium will cover all practice areas, in cludin g pen sion s, social security, in vestm en t, health, life an d casualty in suran ce, en terprise risk m an agem en t an d gen eral topics such as profession alism , the public in terest, an d con sultin g practice. The them e of the Colloquium is
Glo b a l Ch a lle n g e s a n d O p p o r t u n it ie s fa c in g t h e A c t u a r ia l P r o fe s s io n .
The m ajor topics to be covered in clude:
Pe n s io n s a n d S o cia l S e cu rity
The challen ges of lon gevity, solven cy an d sustain ability
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De-risking deined beneit liabilities •
Developin g in vestm en t strategies for pen sion plan s
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Makin g accoun tin g for pen sion costs m ore m ean in gful
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Actuarial roles in a deined contribution world •
In com e adequacy for in dividuals. Are DB plan s dead?
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H e a lth
Catastrophic risks in health care provision
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Fin an cin g post-retirem en t health care
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Regulatin g H ealth In suran ce Markets
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Co n s u ltin g p ra ctice
The public interest and the iduciary client •
relation ship
Handling conlicts of interest •
Actuarial com m un ication
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New areas of actuarial con sultin g practice
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En terprise Risk Man agem en t
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Developm en ts in actuarial education
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In s u ra n ce
The future of solven cy regulation
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International inancial reporting standards •
Mergers an d acquisition s
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Reserve variability
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Predictive m odelin g for Gen eral In suran ce
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Rein suran ce
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You are cordially in vited to atten d the Boston Colloquium on May 4-7, 20 0 8 .
IAA PENSIONS, BENEFITS AND SOCIAL SECURITY SECTION
PBSS
SECTION SUR LES PENSIONS, AVANTAGES SOCIAUX ET SÉCURITÉ SOCIALE DE L'AAI
IAAHS
SECTION SANTÉ DE L'AAI
