Annual Meeting International Sessions

Actuaries are uniquely positioned to identify and quantify new trends. Speakers share their experiences in emerging workforce issues created by the Great Reset in the labor market both in the US and globally.

A new company is born... speakers discuss the multitude of HR issues to address when splitting a portion of a global business to create a new company. What it takes to get it done while making it seamless for employees.

An M&A event can be an exciting time for the workforce. That excitement, however, can bring uncertainty for employees and this can affect their well being. In this session we will discuss effective strategies for maintaining and enhancing employee well being during an M&A event and why they matter. In addition, this session will explore what companies can do for employee well being during a transaction and how companies can keep the momentum of well being focus after the transaction when business-as-usual is achieved.

The incorporation of diversity, equity, and inclusion in corporate culture is a global movement. But how is diversity viewed globally? What approaches to increased diversity have global companies taken? What is the intersection of professionalism and DE&I? Speakers from consulting and corporate environments discuss these issues and how approaches to DE&I differ globally.

DC plans have become the primary approach to providing retirement benefits around the world. However, many employees are not adequately prepared for retirement in the face of weakening social pension systems, low interest rates, and an overvalued stock markets. Many employees find themselves ill prepared or unable to retire due to inadequate financial resources or psychological unpreparedness for change in lifestyle and family dynamics. Employers have a direct stake in their employee's successful planning for retirement to improve employee engagement and financial and mental wellness as well as to reduce costs and risks of potential labor disputes typically involved in having to (retire?) older populations. In this session, panelists provide an overview of how companies are effectively managing their DC plans around the world. We will then focus on the retirement planning support offered by company pension programs globally as trends in employee education (voluntary?) long-term savings features, EAP programs and other employer initiatives typically used around the world.

In the first part of a series to provide alternative career tracks to actuaries in the global arena, a panel of international consulting actuaries highlight their experience service as global actuary and advisor for multinational clients and the differences between the domestic and international actuarial practice.

In the second part of a series to provide insights into alternative career tracks for actuaries in the global arena, a panel of actuaries who are working in house describe their current roles.