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Article date:
24 September 2010

Taking a fresh look at risk management

Alan Botterill retired earlier this year from his role as EMEA managing director of Towers Perrins's employee benefits and human resources business in which he has wide experience of global risk management.  This article explains the importance of ... read more >>

Article date:
24 September 2010

Professionalism event with the Cyprus Association of Actuaries, November 2010

It is expected that the two-day event will meet the recognition requirements for the following events of the Actuarial Profession: New Fellows’ professionalism course (day 1 + day 2, including dinner on Day 1) Associates’ professionalism course (day ... read more >>

Article date:
28 July 2010

Can car insurance pricing keep up with an increase in injury claims?

With some 85% of the UK motor insurance industry providing evidence and data to the report, much of the information is still being analysed. However the working party has already identified that while settlement rates across the industry are speeding up, ... read more >>

Article date:
16 September 2010

A message from the leader of the Scottish Board

The Scottish Board will champion and develop the actuarial community in Scotland We all want a thriving community of actuaries in Scotland, a community which feels and knows it has a purpose, a purpose which is recognised by actuaries and others, in ... read more >>

Article date:
15 September 2010

Actuarial Profession announces funding for two enterprise risk management research projects

The Milliman and the universities of Bath and Bristol system centre project will examine risk appetite and hard to define risks. This project will be led by Neil Cantle. ... read more >>

Article date:
14 September 2010

News from the Financial Reporting Council, September 2010

Funeral plans exposure draft The consultations on the exposure drafts of the Insurance TAS and the Pensions TAS closed on 16 July 2010 and 21 May 2010 respectively. The BAS is now considering the responses and intends to publish the final Insurance and ... read more >>

Article date:
12 September 2010

British Actuarial Journal Vol 14, Part 3 published

Volume 14 Part 3 of British Actuarial Journal includes an account of the presentation of an Institute Finalison Medal to Andrew Smith, sessional meeting papers and abstracts of discussions on 'Enterprise risk management from the general insurance ... read more >>

Article date:
03 September 2010

Help write a motto for the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

It incorporates some elements of the former coats of arms for the Faculty and the Institute. The new arms features the woolsack as a reference to Staple Inn, the hour glass and the wavy line as a reference to mathematical analysis, and the owls as ... read more >>

Article date:
24 August 2010

The council of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

Institute and Faculty of Actuaries council 2010/2011.   Ronnie Bowie   ... read more >>

Article date:
12 August 2010

News from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), August 2010

BAS standards and publications The consultations on the exposure drafts of the Insurance TAS and the Pensions TAS closed on 16 July 2010 and 21 May 2010 respectively. The BAS is now considering the responses and intends to publish the final Insurance and ... read more >>

Article date:
10 August 2010

Final AGM of the Institute of Actuaries

The Finlaison medal was awarded, posthumously, to Doreen Hart whose daughter and son-in-law were present to accept it. Doreen was awarded the medal in recognition of her exceptional service to the actuarial profession, most notably as editor of the British ... read more >>

Article date:
02 July 2010

Students world-wide get taste of life as an actuary

After last year’s success, the Profession launched the scheme world-wide and today students from Ulaanbaatar to Riga will be finding out their results. ... read more >>

Article date:
02 August 2010

Ronnie Bowie and Caroline Instance on the launch of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

Ronnie outlined his three ambitions for the year: “I want the newly formed Institute and Faculty of Actuaries to engage, deliver and inspire. We will engage by making the body relevant to the work of our members.  We will deliver effective and ... read more >>

Article date:
18 June 2010

Actuarial Profession launches Twitter news feed with expert analysis of the emergency budget

We will also be offering our Twitter followers the opportunity to put questions directly to our experts as we look for the big picture beyond the headlines. ... read more >>

Article date:
11 June 2010

Beware emotion in investment decisions

Colin McLean, of SVM Asset Management, will tell delegates at the Actuarial Profession’s annual risk and investment conference, 13-15 June, in Edinburgh, how investment decisions can be improved by better documentation, rigorous self-scrutiny and critical ... read more >>

Article date:
11 June 2010

How to spot emerging risk

Techniques used by scientists in fields such as biology and complexity are being applied to risk management in a radical new approach which promises to reduce unwelcome surprises. Neil Cantle, an actuary at Milliman, will outline the CRisALIS™ approach at ... read more >>

Article date:
08 June 2010

Actuaries address climate change and natural resource risks

Actuary Simon Brimblecombe, a member of the Actuarial Profession’s resource and environmental group, will be discussing possible future scenarios at the Profession’s annual pensions conference, 9-11 June, Celtic Manor, Newport, Wales. ... read more >>

Article date:
09 June 2010

Pensions: the hot topics

Hot topic: Funding in an LDI world ... read more >>