Il 19/20 settembre 2013 si terrà ad Amsterdam il seminario "What Actuaries Should Know About Health Insurance!" organizzato da EEA. Di seguito l'annuncio in inglese.

Europe 's population growth is falling and its citizens are ageing. By 2050, the number of people over 65 inthe EU will increase by 70 %, and the number of people over 80 will grow by 170 %. The rising cost of health care is likely to damage the creditworthiness of advanced G20 countries within the next decade, and they could see their credit ratings downgraded unless they take action to restrain spending - Standard & Poor's has warned.

Health care spending will be the fastest growing item of government expenditure in the coming decades due to ageing societies, the expense of evolving technology, and widening coverage. In its analysis S&P said that by 2050 the costs would rise by 6 per cent of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom, Germanyand France, as well as the United States and Japan . By mid-century health care costs will account for 11.1 per cent of GDP in a typical advanced economy, up from 6.3 per cent in 2010.

Actuaries play a significant role in this cost-increasing problem. Pricing and solidarity are key but actuaries are involved in also more principle discussions like what is the difference between care and cure.

Solvency II for Health insurers will definitively be one of the topics as well as a comparison with the Swiss Solvency Test. How to deal with long Term Care and why does it work in some countries and why not in others?