News
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The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries comments on the Transport Select Committee's investigation into whiplash claims
"The Transport Select Committee is undertaking an investigation into such claims and the Justice Secretary has stated his intention to reform small injury claims. The increased frequency of small claims, particularly for whiplash injuries, and the ... read more >>
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Exposure Draft 30 - Quality Assurance Scheme for Organisations
The consultation document, together with details of how to respond, can be found here or by going direct to the questionnaire. The supporting documents can be downloaded separately from the Consultations and Discussion page of the website.The ... read more >>
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Prize nominations sought
Members are invited to download the nomination form and return it to maria.lyons@actuaries.org.uk by Friday 24 May 2013. Guidelines for nominating papers and a summary of papers for consideration (not exhaustive!) are also available to download. ... read more >>
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New Honorary Fellow Elected
John, a well known figure in the risk management field, has shown clear evidence of thought leadership through his work in mainstream actuarial work; through his interactions with the IFoA and with academia, and through the innovation that he has brought ... read more >>
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CMI publishes Working papers 65 and 66
It has also issued Working paper 65, an analysis of the mortality experience of the underlying dataset. Note: these papers are available to Authorised users only. Working papers 65 and 66 More details of recent changes to the CMI ... read more >>
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Actuary is the best job of 2013
The full story, published in the Wall Street Journal and based on a new survey by CareerCast.com, can be read here. ... read more >>
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Nick Salter to become Institute and Faculty of Actuaries President-elect for 2013-14
Nick has been an active volunteer within the IFoA for a number of years in roles ranging from Assistant Examiner, to Chairman of the Member Support Executive Committee. Nick was elected to the Council of the combined body in 2011 having served on the ... read more >>
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Institute and Faculty of Actuaries statement on EIOPA QIS results
Jane Curtis, Immediate Past President of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, today commented, “The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) welcomes EIOPA’s publication of the preliminary QIS results. We note that there is much more work ... read more >>
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Institute and Faculty of Actuaries statement on GMP Equalisation
Jane Curtis, Immediate Past-President of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), commented on the DWP’s interim consultation response, “The IFoA recognises the complex issues affecting the equalisation of GMPs, which were illustrated in the ... read more >>
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CMI publishes Working paper 64
It has also issued version 1.4 of the CMI library of mortality projections, containing ten additional projections. To access the paper and the library, click here. ... read more >>
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Budget response from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries-Pensions
Commenting on today’s announcement, Jane Curtis, Immediate-past President of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries said: “The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries believes that the current legislative framework provides sufficient flexibility to meet the ... read more >>
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CERA seminar for ST9 candidates
The seminar was one of the recommendations of the CERA Board, when they reviewed the UK Profession’s CERA qualification. This will enable delegates to investigate and discuss more practical applications of enterprise risk management, which is not possible ... read more >>
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Sitting exams in April 2013?
These include: Launch of electronic exam entry permits A new style exam answer booklet, and the need to write in black ink only Scanning of exam answer booklets for marking purposes More information Please make sure you read this important information so ... read more >>
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Exam entry closing dates, April 2013 exams
Exam entry for those sitting at centres overseas, or those applying to sit for the Certificate in Financial Mathematics, closed on 25 February. Late entries can not be accepted. ... read more >>
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Highland Senior Mathematics weekend
The key aims of the weekend are : to further foster and develop an enjoyment of mathematics through the application of advanced mathematics to real problems; to make students aware of the importance of mathematics, science and technology in business and ... read more >>
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Participate in research and testing to make the website work for you
We want to understand how the Profession can serve you better online. The Profession is currently redeveloping the website with a leading digital agency. User research and testing are central to the project and user research and testing sessions will ... read more >>
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Important changes to subject CA3 Communications
For your CA3 presentation and written exam you now have the option of booking to attend at a UK venue or taking it completely on-line. For study, all students entering for the exam will have access to the downloadable CA3Online application, which ... read more >>
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LLMA and Institute and Faculty of Actuaries seeks partners for research programme into longevity basis risk
The project is to develop a methodology to quantify the basis risk that arises from using population level mortality indices for managing the longevity risk in pension benefits or annuitant liabilities. We expect this work to be beneficial to a wide ... read more >>
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Exposure Draft 29 - The Actuaries' Code
The consultation document, together with details of how to respond, can be found here or by going directly to the questionnaire. The closing date for response is 30 April 2013. Please note: The Actuaries' Code consultation meeting on 27 March in ... read more >>
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17th East Asian Actuarial Conference (EAAC), Singapore, October 2013: Call for papers
With a theme of Redefining risk, creating value, the conference organising committee has issued a call for papers. We would encourage members who think they might be in the region at that time and have suitable material, to submit papers for ... read more >>