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Article date:
08 October 2013

Member event at the East Asian Actuarial Conference (EAAC) - 16 October 2013

An event for members will be held at the EAAC on Wednesday 16 October 18.00 – 19.00 at the Rock Bar Terrace, Resort World Sentosa.If you would like to attend, please contact Chantal Voisin on Chantal.Voisin@actuaries.org.uk’  ... read more >>

Article date:
15 October 2013
Article date:
15 October 2013

A world full of data. Statistics opportunities across A-level subjects

Read the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' and Royal Statistical Society's research report outlining the need to equip our young people with statistical literacy skills and the opportunities for statistics to enhance and enrich subjects across the ... read more >>

Article date:
09 October 2013

Lord Mayor's Show, Lunch and Fireworks - Saturday 9 November 2013

This is a special year for the WCA with Adrian Waddingham, a past Master of the WCA, holding the significant position in the City of London of Sherriff.  He will ride in one of the official carriages.  The Master, Wardens and Clerk of the WCA ... read more >>

Article date:
09 October 2013

Exposure Draft ED31 – The Actuary as an Expert

The proposals introduce a cross practice Actuarial Profession Standard (APS) for actuaries acting as experts in legal proceedings together with an accompanying Guide for members. ... read more >>

Article date:
23 September 2013

Martin Potter, Chair of the IFoA’s Scottish Board, comments on the publication by the Scottish Government of a report into pension provision in an independent Scotland

The IFoA will provide further comment on this paper in due-course If you require any further editorial assistance please contact the media team at the IFoA on 020 7632 1487. The IFoA is an independent chartered professional body, with over 25,000 members ... read more >>

Article date:
20 September 2013

Nick Salter, President-elect of the IFoA comments on the OFT's report on DC workplace pensions market

Active Member Discounts (AMDs) “AMDs may have been designed to protect the interests of the majority of pension scheme members, but in today’s world few employees work for one employer for the entirety of their working lives and AMDs are now less ... read more >>

Article date:
20 September 2013

CERA seminar

More information about the seminar and the application form ... read more >>

Article date:
20 September 2013

Periodic Payment Orders Working Party: survey of members' views

We now want to hear what actuaries themselves think.  We want to understand if you know about them, if you care about them, what concerns you may have, and whether you would like further information, guidance or suport from the IFoA.  Whether you ... read more >>

Article date:
16 September 2013

CMI publishes 2013 mortality projections

The Working Paper also summarises the responses to the recent consultation on the future of the Model and the CMI Library of Mortality Projections and outlines the Committee’s reaction and planned next steps.  An updated version of the User Guide has ... read more >>

Article date:
06 September 2013

Access arrangements for September 2013 exams

This has been made necessary due to operational circumstances beyond our control. Details will be confirmed with individual candidates early next week. ... read more >>

Article date:
30 August 2013

Professionalism skills for experienced actuaries

We would welcome any feedback on this new approach to delivering professional skills training - please send your comments to professional.skills@actuaries.org.uk.  Read more about professional skills training for experienced actuaries online, and ... read more >>

Article date:
28 August 2013

Help needed at our careers events

We are looking for volunteers at all levels of qualification.If you would be interested in getting involved, please look at the events we are attending this year on our careers events webpage, and then contact Jenni Hughes, with a note of which ... read more >>

Article date:
22 August 2013

International Actuarial Association Mortality Working Group (IAAMWG) - first report

The IAAMWG is a group of volunteers who study mortality and monitor studies completed by other organisations worldwide, focusing on the impact on insurance products (including life, pension and living benefits) or on government or world organisation (such ... read more >>

Article date:
20 August 2013

Subject CA2 - online exam

The entry criteria are still in place and to take CA2 you must have passed, or been exempted from, all the CT subjects. Previously the online exam was available only to UK based retakers, and to all overseas students holding the prerequisite exams. ... read more >>

Article date:
31 July 2013

IFoA response to Transport Select Committee report released today

"If measures to reduce fraud and exaggeration were successful, these could lead to reductions in insurance claim costs of 3–15%.  However these decreases could soon be offset by inflation in compensation for other types of claim, which is currently ... read more >>

Article date:
02 August 2013

September exams for subjects CT5, CT7 and ST5

For these three subjects we are undertaking a further trial of the electronic marking of exam scripts. Our aim is to investigate the benefits of electronic script marking to see whether or not this is a solution for the future. What does this mean for ... read more >>

Article date:
15 July 2013

David Hare, President of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) comments on the PPIs research on UK Pensions Tax Relief released today.

“The report highlights evidence to support the view that higher rate tax payers do best out of the present system. ... read more >>

Article date:
11 July 2013