Younger Members' Convention 2003

1-2 December 2003, at Glasgow Moat House

The presentations listed below were presented at the profession's second Younger Members' Convention, in Glasgow, 1-2 December 2003.

Any queries about the Convention should be addressed to the Conference Department at e-mail: conferences@actuaries.org.uk.

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Monday 1 December 2003

Time Title/Speaker
12.00-13.00 Plenary 1
Tomorrow's successful actuary [pdf, 1.3 mb]
Jeremy Goford, President, Institute of Actuaries
Slides [ppt, 1.5 mb]

12.00-13.00 Plenary 1
Tomorrow's actuarial profession [pdf]
Tom Ross, President, Faculty of Actuaries
Slides [ppt]

12.00-13.00 Workshop A2
Actuarial and benefits consulting [pdf]
Jon Mowbray, Aon
Slides [ppt]

12.00-13.00 Workshop A3
Practical stochastic modelling for life insurers [pdf]
Philippe Guijarro, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mike White, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Slides [ppt]

12.00-13.00 Workshop A4
Principles and practices of financial management (PPFM) [pdf]
Scott Robinson and Michael Eakins, Ernst & Young
Slides [ppt, 1.3 mb]

12.00-13.00 Workshop A5
Extreme events [pdf]
David Sanders, Miliman UK
Slides [ppt, 2.9 mb]

12.00-13.00 Workshop A5
The management of losses arising from extreme events [pdf, 2 mb] 
(Originally presented at GIRO 2002)
David Sanders, Miliman UK

12.00-13.00 Workshop A5
Extreme events part 2. Financial catastrophes. The overthrow of modern financial theory [pdf]
(Originally presented at GIRO 2002)
David Sanders, Miliman UK

12.00-13.00 Workshop A6
Income protection - the value of claims management [pdf]
James Sievewright, Scottish Equitable
Slides [ppt]

14.00-15.00 Workshop B1
Whose money is it anyway? [pdf, 1.8 mb]
Payal Shah, Mercer HR Consulting
Slides [ppt, 1.3 mb]

14.00-15.00 Workshop B2
Developing a new-style with-profits product in the post-Sandler world [pdf]
James Crispin, Scottish Widows
Slides [pdf]

14.00-15.00 Workshop B3
Current issues in non-life insurance [pdf]
Mohammad Khan, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Slides [ppt]

14.00-15.00 Workshop B4
Make bonds pay dividends [pdf]
Maximiliano Ramierez-Espain, Aon Investment Consulting
Slides [ppt]

14.00-15.00 Workshop B5
Critical illness - a South African perspective [pdf]
Richard Carter, Bright Grey
Slides [ppt]

15.10-16.10 Workshop C1
Not for ostriches - developing new actuarial products and services [pdf]
Sally Bridgeland, Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow
Slides [pdf]

15.10-16.10 Workshop C2
Practical corporate governance [slides, pdf]
Alan Frost, Queen Mab Consulting
Background [pdf]
Slides [ppt, 1.1 mb]

15.10-16.10 Workshop C3
Working as an actuary in a bank [pdf]
Robert Whitehouse, Standard Life Bank
Slides [ppt]

15.10-16.10 Workshop C4
Working as an actuary in academia: 16 weeks holiday and other fables! [pdf]
Mark Willder, Heriot Watt University
Russell Gerrard, Cass Business School

15.10-16.10 Workshop C4
Why I became an academic [pdf]
Mark Willder, Heriot Watt University
Russell Gerrard, Cass Business School

15.10-16.10 Workshop C5
Annuitant mortality and longevity risk [pdf]
Stephen Richards, Prudential
Slides [ppt]

16.30-17.30 Workshop D1
How to build lasting client relationships [pdf]
Rachel Stott, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Slides [ppt]

16.30-17.30 Workshop D2
All in the mind: essential negotiating skills [pdf]
Paul Holloway, Watson Wyatt
Slides [ppt]

16.30-17.30 Workshop D3
Education Strategy 2005 - Business awareness module (BAM) [pdf]
Roger Bevan, Staff Actuary
Slides [ppt]

16.30-17.30 Workshop D4
You passed 201? This is 202 ... [slides, pdf]
Simon Carne, Chairman of the Profession's Media and External Relations Committee
Examples [pdf]

16.30-17.30 Workshop D5
What is leadership? and how can you develop leadership skills? [pdf]
Hilary Johnson, The Results Partnership


Tuesday 2 December

Time     Title/Speaker
09.00-10.15 Plenary 2
Exchanging affluence for influence [pdf]
Stephen Yeo, Pensions Policy Adviser, The Conservative Party
Slides [ppt]

10.25-11.25

Workshop E1
A guide to international benefits [pdf]
Sarah Miller, Watson Wyatt
Slides [ppt, 1.2 mb]

10.25-11.25 Workshop E2
The Pensions Actuary 2020 [pdf]
Keith Poulson, Aon
Slides [ppt, 1 mb]

10.25-11.25 Workshop E3
From traditional to market-consistent embedded values [pdf]
Kamran Foroughi

10.25-11.25 Workshop E4
CP195 and regulatory developments in life insurance [pdf]
James Mulrooney, FSA
Slides [ppt]

10.25-11.25 Workshop E5
Crisis? What crisis? The state of play in the UK liability market [pdf]
Derek Newton, Milliman UK
Slides [ppt]

10.25-11.25 Workshop E6
Kylie Minogue asset models and who cares anyway? [pdf]
Martyn Dorey, PSolve Asset Solutions
Slides [ppt]

10.25-11.25 Workshop E7
Critical illness - a turbulent year [pdf]
Ross Ainslie, Bright Grey
Slides [ppt]

11.45-12.45 Workshop F1
Not a penny more, not a penny less - problems with transfer values [pdf]
Clare Hobro, Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow
Slides [ppt]

11.45-12.45 Workshop F2
With-profits? How much worse can it get? [pdf]
Peter Ford, Norwich Union Life
Slides [ppt]

11.45-12.45 Workshop F3
Raiders of the loss portfolio [slides, pdf]
Cheryl Russell, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Script [pdf]
11.45-12.45 Workshop F4
Use of Swaps in matching pension fund liabilities [pdf]
Huw Williams, Royal Bank of Scotland
Slides [ppt]

11.45-12.45 Workshop F5
Allocating healthcare resources - a world cruise [pdf]
Joanne Alder, Milliman UK
Slides [ppt]


 
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