This section contains the Profession's research papers. Many have been digitised from hard copy. You can locate papers by browsing or search for papers using the library catalogue or the site search. You can carry out more sophisticated searches using the library catalogue than using the site search. You can link to the full document from both the library catalogue and the site search.

Consultation responses
Responses made by the Profession and the Practice Boards

The Profession's corporate documents
Including the Charters, Byelaws and annual reports

Conference and seminar papers
Papers and presentations from the Profession's conferences and seminars

GIRO Convention papers archive
Complete archive of papers from the Profession's General Insurance Conventions, which started in 1974

Current Topics
Papers from the Faculty of Actuaries Students' Society

Documents by topic
Full text papers for downloading

Fellowship by Research (SA0) submissions
Library of submitted research

Guidance Note archive
Full text of superseded versions of guidance issued by the Profession

JIA/TFA archive (1939-1994)
Download the full text of papers published in Journal of the Institute of Actuaries (JIA) and Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries (TFA)

Life tables
Available on the Government Actuary's Department website

Sessional meeting papers
Available here before publication in BAJ

SIAS and JSS archive from the Institute of Actuaries Students Society (SIAS, 1960-1999) and Staple Inn Actuarial Society (JSS, v.15-33). Later papers are available on the SIAS website

Staple Inn readings
Mindful of the close working relationship between the legal and the actuarial professions, the Institute renewed the link between Gray's Inn and Staple Inn by holding the first annual Reading for some 300 years on 12 May 1998