IAAHS Online Journal — Issue 2007-1 — 1 February 2007

Welcome to the 2007-1 issue of the IAAHS Online Journal

This issue continues the theme of the IAAHS members and teams contributions, summarizes  the ICA2006 (www.ica2006.com) Paris meeting and the related IAAHS participation, and presents the IAAHS2007 (www.iaahs2007.com) Cape Town colloquium. You will find in this issue a request to participate in a IAAHS survey on International Actuarial Practices, and an offer to join at no cost the SOA Reinsurance Section. We hope for your active participation in IAAHS2007, as a presenter, discussant, or as a listener and participant.

We invite your active IAAHS participation, either by joining an IAAHS Topic Team, or by sharing your knowledge and experience through this Online Journal or a Topic Team discussion page with the IAAHS community. We need your input – comments, suggestions, references and resources, articles and work papers. The Journal will only be as successful as you make it. We wait your input – please refer all communications to the editor, Yair Babad.

The International Actuarial Association Health Section (IAAHS) was created by the IAA on May 17, 2003, following the success of the 1st International Health Seminar in Cancun in March 2002. The IAAHS promotes and facilitates international exchange of views, advice, research and practical information among actuaries involved with public and private health issues such as policy and program design, research and planning, adequacy and services delivery, sustainability, insurance, pre-funding and other financing methods. The IAAHS is managed by the IAAHS Committee, according to the IAAHS Rules. Since then we had a very successful 2nd International Health Colloquium in Dresden in April 2004, participated in the ICA2006 in Paris (www.ica2006.com) in June 2006, and are preparing for the IAAHS2007 in South Africa in 2007.

The Online Journal supports the objectives of the IAAHS, and is a non-refereed forum for communications and knowledge-sharing for IAAHS members, health actuaries, professionals, academics, and others who are interested in private and public health issues.

With wishes for a fulfilling and successful year,