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Yorkshire Actuarial Society

The Yorkshire Actuarial Society was founded in 1981 as a society for Students, Associates and Fellows. Meetings are held primarily in York and Leeds, and are usually preceded by tea and coffee before a 6 pm start. A buffet supper or social event is provided after each meeting.

The committee are keen to seek ideas for technical and social events from members in the Yorkshire area and beyond. If you have an idea about what you would like to see the Yorkshire Actuarial Society arrange, please let the committee know.

Events

Date Event Presenter Location
16 May 2012 Annual dinner and talk Jane Curtis Leeds
9 May 2012

Value at Risk - where did it all go wrong

 Andrew D Smith York
28 March 2012 What keeps a CRO awake at night? Roger Dix, Aviva UK Life CRO York
7 March 2012 Mortality and GLMs Steven Rimmer Leeds
8 February 2012 LPI market - LPI, fatal floors in BPA pricing Ian Cooper, RBS, and Neil Snyman, Aviva Investors York
29 November 2011 Risk management techniques Neil Cantle and Chris Lewis York
9 November 2011 Credit default swaps and Eurozone turbulence Feifei Zhang York

 

Committee members

President: John Lister. Tel: +44 (0)1904 688346

Secretary: Malcolm Slee. Tel: +44 (0)1904 452792

Treasurer: Jamie Butler. Tel: +44 (0)1904 452800

Other Committee members:

Student Consultative Committee: Matthew Mikola and Mark Gibbs

Website:

Council Member link: Ralph Frankland

If you require any further information about the Yorkshire Actuarial Society, please contact Malcolm Slee, or tel: +44 (0)1904 452792.

Usual meeting venues

Aviva UK Life, Wellington Row, York YO90 1WR. Map

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Benson House, 33 Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 4JP

Deloitte, 1 City Square, Leeds LS1 2AL

Student Consultative Committee

The Student Consultative Committee provides a forum for the views of students on all aspects of the actuarial education system.

It is chaired by a member of the Qualifications Executive Committee, and the Secretary is Trevor Watkins, Head of Learning. Together with representatives of the Education Committee, and ActEd, the Committee is made up of representatives from the local societies. Meetings of the Committee are held in November and May each year.

More details on the Committee including membership, terms of reference, minutes of previous meetings and a record of actions arising can be found here.

The Yorkshire regional representativs on the Committee are Matthew Mikola and Mark Gibbs. If you have any questions on the Student Consultative Committee, or would like to see any education issues raised, please contact Matthew or Scott by email.

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