Professionalism events
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CANUK Anniversary Event
Following a very successful inauguration event last year at Staple Inn, the Chinese Actuarial Network in the UK (CANUK) is delighted to partner with the Actuarial Profession again to celebrate its first anniversary. There will be free admision for all ... read more >>
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Lessons for actuaries: An unconventional career in insurance management consultancy
Andy Cherkas, a Cass actuarial science alumnus, will be giving a talk in influencing or advising insurance company management on core business decisions. As he will describe, he found the disciplines required for addressing management problems very ... read more >>
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Unlocking the potential in Scotland's Public Services
The David Hume Institute is running a seminar on Thursday 4 October 2012 at 18.00, at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, entitled Unlocking the Potential in Scotland's Public Services. The speaker will be Mr Robert Black, former Auditor General for Scotland, ... read more >>
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Dependence modeling using multivariate copulas with applications
This 2-day course: Introduces and develops the theoretical aspects of dependence modeling with copulas both for continuous and discrete multivariate data Presents real-data applications of multivariate copulas describing features of existing copula ... read more >>
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The Actuarial Teachers' and Researchers' Conference
Following on from last year's success, the conference will continue the theme of bridging the gap between academics and practitioners. The Actuarial Teachers' and Researchers' Conference is the only actuarial conference with a research and education focus ... read more >>
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CBOE Risk Management Conference Europe 2012
The conference will cover: Forecasting volatility and volatility as an asset class Hedging insurance products with listed equity derivatives Mapping cross-asset financial market stress and hedging macro portfolios Cross-asset relative value volatility ... read more >>
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OCF Talk: Insurance will be a Customer Driven World: What are the Consequences of this? Who will Survive and who will Prosper?
A breakfast event delivered by Our Changing Futures. Speaker: David Brown, PricewaterhouseCoopers ... read more >>
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TANC (The Actuarial Network at CASS): Behavioural finance: Lessons from fantasy football and internet poker
Please note: This event will now be held at City University, Room AG07, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB Speaker: Steve Mills Agenda: 6.00 - 6.30 pm - Registration 6.30 - 7.30 pm - Presentation by Steve Mills 7.30 - 8.00 pm - Q&A 8.00 - 9.00 pm - ... read more >>
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TANC (The Actuarial Network at CASS) - The Story of Betfair - The world's biggest betting community
Speaker: Mark Davies, Camberton Agenda: 6.00 - 6.30 - Registration 6.30 - 7.30 - Lecture 7.30 - 8.00 - Q&A 8.00 - 9.00 - Refreshments and networking About the event: When Betfair changed the landscape of betting upon their launch in June 2000, ... read more >>
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SIAS Meeting
Please save the date, further details will follow. ... read more >>
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SIAS: Jubilee Lecture and AGM
Please visit the SIAS website for more details. ... read more >>
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SIAS Welcome Drinks
Welcome drinks for new members organised by SIAS. ... read more >>
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SIAS Meeting: Dimension Reduction Techniques and Forecasting Interest Rates
Techniques such as principal component analysis are widely used by actuaries, perhaps most frequently in the modelling of interest rate term structures. But are they being fully understood? Course Content Shaun Lazzari, Deloitte will: ... read more >>
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SIAS Meeting: Philosophy of modelling
Modelling is at the heart of almost all actuarial work. But what exactly is a model? What are we really doing when we design a model, or run one, or use its results? Course content In this presentation Matthew Edwards and Zaid Hoosain (Ernst & ... read more >>
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Privacy and confidentiality: Exploring the ethical issues arising for the Professions
(Hosted by the Chartered Institute of Insurance (CII), London ... read more >>
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Euro: Political Capital Investment vs. Better Choice
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Evening Talk, Hong Kong The Euro is in a mess. How did we get in this position? And how do we get out of it? A look at the current problems facing the Euro and the possible options for the authorities to solve ... read more >>
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Dependence modeling using multivariate copulas with applications (2 days)
Copulas are a currently popular way to model multivariate data. They allow for flexible dependence modelling, different from assuming simple linear correlation structures and normality, which makes them particularly well-suited to many applications in ... read more >>
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eca 2012 1st european congress of actuaries
The Groupe's first european congress of actuaries - eca 2012 - will take place in Brussels on 7 - 8 June 2012. The theme is The European Actuary of the Future. While European leaders are struggling to find a way out of the financial crisis and seeking ... read more >>
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TANC - Europe: A continent in crisis
Speaker: Professor Ian Marsh Description: Professor Ian Marsh will cover the reasons countries get themselves into currency crises, the role of speculators in crises and regulatory responses. This talk will focus on current "live" events and a view ... read more >>
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14th Global Conference of Actuaries in Mumbai
Ronnie Bowie, Immediate Past President will be hosting a President’s Reception on behalf of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries at the 14th Global Conference of Actuaries in Mumbai. The reception will take place on Monday 20 February between 19.00 ... read more >>