American Academy of Actuaries: Contingencies Magazine January/February 2001

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Small World: The Growing Importance of International Actuarial Practice

by Steven Sullivan
International borders no longer seem to apply in today's business world. Without even trying, actuaries can find themselves playing on a field that's not only less than level, but with lines running all the wrong way.

Through the Looking Glass: The Emerging Russian Insurance Industry

by Mark D. Mariska
Russia's transition to a free market economy hasn't exactly been smooth, and its growing pains have taken a beating in the Western press. But according to this expert on the Russian insurance market, prospects for success there aren't as bleak as they've been cracked up to be.

Self Control: IMSA and the Image of the Insurance Business

by Al Dawson
Market conduct problems and bad publicity plagued the insurance industry in the 1980s and early 1990s, but insurers took pains to clean up their act. How successful have they been? And are state regulators buying it?

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