News

Article date:
05 August 2011

Sustaining the university research communities

The Actuarial Profession is seeking to support university communities through three routes: by part-funding some PhD studentships in the UK; by funding academics to attend conferences and other events by welcoming applications to help pump prime ... read more >>

Article date:
04 August 2011

CMI announces earlier release date for CMI Mortality Projections Model

CMI_2011 is now expected to be released in September (rather than November) unless adverse feedback is received to the proposal which is set out in Working Paper 54. ... read more >>

Article date:
25 July 2011

CMI publishes Working paper 53

Working paper 53 presents a high level analysis of the mortality improvements experienced within the SAPS dataset over the period 2001 to 2009. Further information is available here. ... read more >>

Article date:
21 July 2011

Jane Curtis congratulates successful students

April 2011 saw 11,589 examination entries for the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries’ rigorous and challenging examinations. The exams took place in a total of 138 examination centres world-wide, and 4791 entries took place outside the UK. ... read more >>

Article date:
23 May 2011

Unravelling the complexity of risk: New research from the Actuarial Profession

The discussion was part of the Actuarial Profession’s enterprise risk management symposium which took place in London on 9 May, 2011. It covered the preliminary findings of research Mr Cantle is currently undertaking with the University of Bath and the ... read more >>

Article date:
30 June 2011

Public consultation meeting to discuss Exposure Drafts of Actuarial Profession Standards for life assurance actuaries

Members are encourage to attend this consultation meeting for which they are entitled to claim up to one hour of CPD.  Please remember to sign the attendance sheet to verify attendance and to record attendance in your on-line CPD record. On 10 June ... read more >>

Article date:
22 June 2011

Change of policy for booking places on the practical exams

The aim of the fixed booking periods was to provide those students who failed a practical exam with a waiting time no greater than that of a session based exam i.e. 6 months from initial booking, receipt of result and re-sit available. The fixed booking ... read more >>

Article date:
16 June 2011

Call for proposals for research project on the effects of 'limits to growth'

The Actuarial Profession is inviting research proposals on the topic of the effects of 'limits to growth' on financial markets and consequential impacts on actuarial advice. Applications are invited by 12 August 2011. ... read more >>

Article date:
16 June 2011

CMI Working paper 52

Separate sets of rates are included in the paper for males and females and for non-smokers and smokers for ages 30 to 60. In each case, rates have been derived for those causes of claim with at least 200 settled claims during a period. Download the paper ... read more >>

Article date:
15 June 2011

Longevity Bulletin - First edition launched

The Actuarial Profession has launched Longevity Bulletin, a six-monthly overview of research into longevity trends.  The first issue focuses on international forecasts of future longevity. ... read more >>

Article date:
12 May 2011

Actuarial Profession launches Longevity Bulletin

They are: 1)    Uncertainty about the future range of longevity: Most countries use a range of projections to illustrate this. Each variant projection is calculated using a different set of assumptions. The study examines the assumptions in ... read more >>

Article date:
10 June 2011

EDs 27 and 28: Consultation meeting at Staple Inn, Wednesday 22 June

Background to the consultationThe Actuarial Profession has issued for consultation Exposure Draft 27 of APS L1: Duties and responsibilities of life assurance actuaries (ED 27) and Exposure Draft 28 of APS L2: The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ... read more >>

Article date:
03 June 2011

Exposure Draft 26 of APS G3: General insurance work outside the geographic scope of the TASs

ED 26 can be accessed hereThe accompanying communication to members can be found here ... read more >>

Article date:
01 June 2011

FTSE data

The gilts and equities information service is not available at present on the Profession's website. The ft.com/marketsdata archive offers Financial Times reports of indices to select by date and download. ... read more >>

Article date:
13 April 2011

Philip Scott to become President-elect for 2011/2012

Mr Scott has extensive financial services experience and his responsibilities have covered finance, risk and actuarial functions, international operations, investment management and life and pensions businesses.  He has been a Non-Executive Director ... read more >>

Article date:
07 April 2011

Ronnie Bowie comments on the resignation of Louise Pryor from the Board for Actuarial Standards

Mr Bowie said: “The Actuarial Profession enjoys a constructive partnership with the Board for Actuarial Standards and the spirit of co-operation which exists between our two organisations is thanks, in no small part, to the efforts of Louise. On behalf of ... read more >>

Article date:
04 April 2011

Actuarial Profession welcomes plans to reform state pension

Huw Evans, of the Profession’s pensions committee said: “The Actuarial Profession has argued that a state pension system that is fair, simple, easy to understand and transparent will make it easier for people to make informed decisions about their ... read more >>

Article date:
25 May 2011

Council election and AGM update

 Scottish ConstituencyThere are 3 vacancies to be filled and 4 candidates submitted nomination forms to stand for election - in alphabetical order the candidates are:Huw EvansMartin PotterAlan WatsonGordon WoodVoting papers will be issued by the ERS ... read more >>

Article date:
22 July 2011

Calculator policy for the exams

With effect from the exams in September 2011 any student not using one of the approved calculators will receive a zero mark for their exam script. The invigilators will make an announcement at the start of each exam about calculators, and at this time ... read more >>

Article date:
23 May 2011

Changes to the reading for subjects ST6 and ST9

  ST6 textbook change A new version (the 8th edition) of the John Hull textbook Options, futures and other derivatives was recently published. For the 2012 exams, students may use either the 7th edition or 8th edition for their study. The Core Reading ... read more >>