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·         Summer BBQ

Our summer BBQ will take place on July 5, 2008. Guests will enjoy fantastic food, indoors and outdoors activities and great company. Our BBQ is a great place to network in a casual atmosphere. If you are interested in attending, please fax your registration form to Peter Au @ (416) 542-5504. Payments can be made at the door.


·         PRACT Website Design Competition

Pacific Rim Actuaries’ Club of Toronto is pleased to announce its Website Design Competition. The contest is open to all, and the grand prize to the winner is $500.


       Please see the contest rules for more details.

·         Annual Chinese New Year Dinner

Our annual Chinese New Year Dinner took place on Thursday, February 21, 2008, at the Metropolitan Hotel in Toronto.  We were pleased to have invited Mr. Nick Dumbreck, FIA, President of the Institute of Actuaries and a consulting actuary with Watson Wyatt Worldwide in London, UK to be our guest speaker of this event.

Please see the registration form for more details.

Click here to see the presentation slides (pdf) from Mr. Nick Dumbreck.

 

·         Business Workshop

Our next series of business workshops will be held at the Manulife building (200 Bloor St. East) on November 19th, and repeated on November 27th at 6 p.m. The topic of this workshop will be Professional Communication. Please see the registration form for more details.

 

·         Annual Fall Dinner Meeting

Our 2007 annual fall dinner meeting will take place on September 20, 2007 at the Metropolitan Hotel in Toronto. This year we are excited to invite two great speakers -- Mr. Keith Walter (SVP Sales and Marketing at MFC Global Investment Management) and Mr. Tahnoon Pasha (Head of Investments HK Office, MFC Global Investment Management) to talk to us about investing in China. Please see the registration form for more details.

·         Summer BBQ

Our summer BBQ will take place on July 21, 2007. Come join us for great food and fantastic company. If you are interested in attending, please fax your registration form to Peter Au @ (416) 542-5504. Payments can be made at the door.

·         Business Workshop

Our next series of business workshops will be held at the Manulife building (200 Bloor St. East) on June 18th, and repeated on June 21st at 6 p.m.. The workshop is titled Hands-on Business Networking: Part 2. This highly interactive workshop will help you develop business networking skills. Note: This workshop is not a repetition of December 2006 networking workshop. Click here for registration form.

·         Annual Chinese New Year Dinner

Our annual Chinese New Year Dinner will take place on March 8, 2007 at the Metropolitan Hotel in Toronto.  We are pleased to invite Mr. K. C. Chan Vice President & Actuary, Corporate Actuarial, Sun Life Financial to be our guest speaker of this event. For more details please click here.

·         Business Workshop

Our next series of business workshops will be held at Manulife Toronto on December 5th, and repeated on December 13th.  (Please note the date change)  The topic is Networking and Relationship Building and the workshops are from 6 pm to 8 pm.  Click here for details.

·         CIA Communication Skills Training

The CIA is putting on a Communication Skills Training seminar at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel on the morning of December 13th from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.  All actuaries and anyone working for an actuary may attend this seminar.  Click here for details.

·         Our Annual Fall Dinner Meeting is coming up on Wednesday, September 20th, 2006.  Our guest speaker is Robert F. Conger, a well-known P&C actuary who will be speaking on the actuarial profession and general insurance in China.  Click here for details.  

·         Voting for the 2006 SOA Election is now open until the polls close on August 21, 2006 at 11:59 p.m. Central Time.  We would like to make you aware that the president of our club, Bosco Chan (biography), is running for the International Section Council.  Our club continues to encourage all eligible members to vote for the candidates who they support.  You may also help the profession by encourage your actuarial friends and colleagues to vote. Voting is fast and easy! To vote, go to the SOA online election site:

https://www.directvote.net/SOA2006/

It will only take a few minutes to complete.

·         SOA International Section Reception at Chicago: Monday, October 16th, 2006.  Click here for details.  To register, please return a copy of this registration form.

·         Three exciting events coming up for the rest of 2006:

o        Business workshops: the topic is “Conflict Management Encore”.  We have been asked whether these workshops qualify for the CIA CPD requirements and in many situations they do qualify.  The workshop dates are June 20th and 26th, 2006.

o        Summer BBQ: this popular event will take place on July 8th, 2006.

    • Fall Meeting: this exciting dinner meeting will feature Robert Conger of Towers Perrin in Chicago.  The tentative meeting date is Sep 14th, 2006.

Click here to learn more about these upcoming events.

·         On February 16th, 2006, we had our Annual Chinese New Year Dinner at the Metropolitan Hotel in Toronto.  We were pleased to invite Mr. Jean-Louis Massé, President of the International Actuarial Association (IAA) to be our guest speaker of this event.  Click here for details.

·         The second session of the 2005 Business Workshop seminar was held on November 30th and December 5, 2005.  Click here for details.

·         On September 15th, 2005, we had our Annual General Meeting at Metropolitan Hotel.  Speaker: Mr. Leslie Lohmann, President of Lohmann International Associates, Tokyo, Japan.  Click here for details.

·         The Pacific Rim Actuaries' Club encourages you to vote in the SOA election!  We have two committee members who are participating in the election this year:

o        Catherine Lyn is running for the International section council.  She is currently the Immediate Past-President of our Club.  You can view Catherine's bio by clicking here.

    • Bosco Chan is running for the Pension section council.  He is currently the President of our Club.  You can view Bosco's bio by clicking here.

The ballot will open on July 6 and close at 5:00pm Central Time on August 1.  If you are a member of any SOA 's section, you will receive an email from the SOA which informs you about the voting procedure around July 6.  To learn more about the election and other candidates, you may visit the SOA home page at www.soa.org and go to the election section.

If you are not sure whether you should vote, read Bob Beuerlein's "Top Ten Reasons Members Don't Vote." and his response in the "Top Ten Reasons Members Should Vote" at  http://elections.soa.org/elections_2005/topten.pdf 

As a professional body, it is very important for us to cast our votes on people who can represent us.  As SOA is expanding internationally, especially in the Pacific Rim region, our participation sends a positive message to SOA.

Do not wait, the future is in our hands!

·         Two exciting events coming up for the second half of the year 2005:

o        Summer BBQ, this popular event will take place on Saturday, July 23. 

    • Fall Meeting, this exciting dinner meeting will feature Les Lohmann, an actuary currently practices in Japan. 

Click here to learn about these upcoming events..

  • The next scheduled event is the 2005 Business Workshop seminar.  We have again invited Marjanne Lyn to be the facilitator of our workshops after the success of our workshops in 2004.  Click here to learn about this event and other exciting events planned for 2005.
  • On February 15th, 2005, we had our Annual Chinese New Year Dinner at the Metropolitan Hotel in Toronto.  It featured a talk by Mr. Raymond Chang, Chairman of CI Fund Management Inc. Click here to learn about this event. 
  • On November 24th, 2004, we had our Autumn Actuarial Event, presented jointly by the Actuaries Club of Toronto and Pacific Rim Actuaries' Club of Toronto.  Guest Speaker: Brian Fitzgerald, CIA President.
  • Read an article about the talk by Chris Daykin, UK government actuary, at our club on February 20th, 2004, in the August 2004 issue of the The Actuary.
  • On September 24th, 2004, we had our Annual General Meeting at Szechuan Szechuan.  Photos will be posted later.
  • On Saturday, July 24th, 2004, we had our Summer BBQ.  Photos will be posted later.

·         Congratulations to our president, Catherine Lyn, who was appointed as editor of the SOA's International Section Council Newsletter.

·         Highlights of the SOA election:

o        Bosco Chan, secretary of the Pacific Rim Actuaries' Club of Toronto, is running for both the International Section Council and the Pension Section Council.  You can view Bosco's bio by clicking here:  word pdf 

    • Shirley Shao, a friend of the Pacific Rim Actuaries' Club of Toronto, is running for President of the SOA.  You can view Shirley's bio by clicking here:  word pdf

If you are a member of the SOA, we strongly encourage you to vote in the election so that your voice can be heard in choosing the future leaders of the actuarial profession.

  • We have many exciting events planned for 2004 including Business Workshop  seminars, a summer BBQ, and an exciting talk and dinner in September featuring Professor Harry Panjer.  Click here to learn about these upcoming events.
  • Our photo gallery is now updated.  Click here to view photos from past events.
  • On Friday, February 20th, 2004, we held our Annual Chinese New Year Dinner at the Metropolitan Hotel in Toronto.  Almost 150 attendees celebrated the Year of the Monkey with a fabulous feast and an informative talk by Mr. Chris Daykin, the Government Actuary for the United Kingdom. Click here to learn about this event and other past events. 
  • A new Executive Committee was established at the 10th Anniversary Special Dinner.  Click here to view the new executives.
  • New volunteers are always appreciated. This is your opportunity to be part of one of the largest and most successful actuarial clubs in Canada!  If you are interested in volunteering, please email events@pacificrimactuaries.com.

·         Read the article about our club in the June 2003 Edition of the Society of Actuaries' International Section Newsletter

 

 

 

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