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Article date:
28 October 2010

A warm welcome for new Fellows of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

The New Fellows ceremonies took place at Staple Inn Hall in London and were a truly international event with new Fellows from Switzerland, Ireland, Poland and South Africa taking part in the ceremonies. The road to Fellowship is long and arduous with ... read more >>

Article date:
10 November 2010

Seizing the opportunity: the 2010 Presidential address, 19 November 2010

In his address, Ronnie Bowie, President of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, will set out his vision of how the Profession can achieve these goals. The event takes place at 15.30 on Friday 19 November 2010 at Staple Inn Hall. For more information, or ... read more >>

Article date:
15 October 2010

Actuarial Profession launches new CERA website

Aimed at those who already hold the qualification, actuaries and students with an interest in the qualification and employers and actuarial associations who are not currently part of the CERA treaty, the website will be a key tool in promoting the work of ... 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:
20 July 2010

New Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary (CERA) qualification

The Profession's ST9 exam will be the basis for CERA status awarded by the UK Profession, and could also be used in the future by other national actuarial associations. ... read more >>

Article date:
20 July 2010

Risk and investment conference, 2011. Research topics

Also please let us know if you have any other research suggestions. ERM topics Notify mark.symons@actuaries.org.uk ... read more >>

Article date:
28 April 2008

Actuarial qualification is the ideal path for students considering a career in risk management

Actuaries are experts in risk, and the rise of risk management to the top of the financial services business agenda offers unprecedented career opportunities for the profession. Increasing regulation in actuaries’ traditional career areas of pensions and ... read more >>

Article date:
04 June 2009

Weak pound and strong manufacturing demand likely to lead UK toward winter recover, economist predicts

In a plenary session titled The Economy – Where are we now and how did we get here?, Mr Spencer, of the University of York, said the bailout had paved the way for a shorter and less dramatic breakdown than might have occurred in the financial sector. He ... read more >>

Article date:
04 June 2009

Actuary urges new approach to financial modelling

In a workshop titled Financial Modelling Needs to Change in Light of the Credit Crunch, Institute of Actuaries Fellow Martyn Dorey, from CAMRADATA Analytical Services, said financial models should be based on an ‘economic clock’ rather than the calendar ... read more >>

Article date:
12 June 2009

Future of risk management discussed at Global Financial Crisis Seminar

Speakers at the seminar at Staple Inn covered financial modelling, systemic risk and the lack of commonsense in risk management in the past. Delegates included researchers, regulators, actuaries and mathematicians. Faculty of Actuaries President Ronnie ... read more >>

Article date:
08 September 2009

The lure of fool's gold, the madness of crowds and poor regulation helped lead to recession

In their discussion, Ronnie Bowie, President of the Faculty of Actuaries, Nigel Masters, President of the Institute of Actuaries and Paul Sweeting, Professor of Actuarial Science at the University of Kent examined the factors which led to the current ... read more >>

Article date:
19 November 2009

Hyderabad Treaty launches new risk management credential globally

 The launch was marked by Ronnie Bowie, President of the Faculty of Actuaries, and Nigel Masters, President of the Institute of Actuaries, signing a multilateral treaty in Hyderabad, India, during meetings of the International Actuarial Association ... read more >>

Article date:
08 December 2009

Understanding of systemic risk vital to avoiding future financial crises

The paper, presented at a meeting of the Institute of Actuaries on 7 December 2009, shows just how risks materialising in one part of the financial system can have a widespread impact, affecting other financial markets and institutions and the broader ... read more >>

Article date:
22 January 2010

Principles of enterprise risk management of crucial importance to financial service providers

This is the message of a timely report, ERM for insurance companies - adding the investor's point of view, which will be presented to a sessional meeting of the Institute of Actuaries on Monday 25 January. The paper will examine how the fundamentals of ... read more >>