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Resource and Environment Networking Event
Key Timings 17.00 - 17.30 Registration 17.30 - 19.00 Programme 19.00 - 20.00 Networking drinks reception Why attend? ... read more >>
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NED MIG Panel Discussion; Chatham House Rules Apply
Key timings: 17.00 - 17.30 Registration 17.30 - 19.30 Programme 19.30 - 20.00 Drinks reception. Kindly sponsored by KPMG O would some power the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us. (Robert Burns) The board ... read more >>
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Scottish Independence: some questions from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
Scottish Independence: some questions from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries This document sets out questions from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries on the subject of the referendum on Scottish Independence to be held in September 2014. ... read more >>
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Scottish Independence Event
The referendum on Scottish Independence doesn’t just impact Scotland, it could have implications for the whole of the UK. The Scottish Board invites you to a member discussion event to consider the impact and questions for actuaries, and the potential ... read more >>
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- Professional Regulation Executive Committee
Professional Regulation Executive Committee (2012). Conflicts of Interest: A Note for Pension Scheme Trustees. Edinburgh: Institute and Faculty of Actuaries version 1.1
This Note for Pension Scheme Trustees is designed to assist actuaries in explaining to trustee boards the professional obligations which fall on them. Additionally, it is to assist trustee boards in exploring with their actuary the kinds of conflicts ... read more >>
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- Author:
- Professional Regulation Executive Committee
Professional Regulation Executive Committee (2012). Conflicts of Interest: A Guide for Actuaries. Edinburgh: Institute and Faculty of Actuaries version 1.1
This Guide for Actuaries is designed to assist actuaries in all practice areas to think about, identify and manage conflicts of interest which they may face in their working lives. This version is version 1.1 which was in November 2012 and is ... read more >>
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GIRO Committee 2014 - join the Committee
The Committee are seeking to appoint up to 3 new members to deliver an exciting and thought provoking programme for the GIRO Conference 2014. If you work in the GI Practice Area and have an excellent awareness of the current issues, please consider ... read more >>
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- Author:
- Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
GIRO Committee 2014 - Task and Person Specification
This document sets out the task and person specification for a volunteer member of this committee. Committee Member – GIRO Committee 2014 The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) is seeking proactive, innovative volunteers to join the Committee ... read more >>
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"Probability Elicitation in General Insurance" Working Party
The General Insurance Research Organising Committee (GIRO) is planning to launch a new member-led working party. This will be the "Probability Elicitation in General Insurance" working party. The precise aims of this working party will be ... read more >>
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Pragmatic Stochastic Reserving
An initial call for volunteers has closed. However, the committee would welcome further expressions of interest particularly volunteers with non-life reserving experience. Please contact Dawn McIntosh should you wish to find ... read more >>
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The-Women's-Insurance-Net-Work
The next meeting of The-Women’s-Insurance-Net-Work is back once again at the lovely Down Hall Hotel in October. We have a mixed bag of an agenda for you, guaranteed to provoke thoughts and ideas, bring you up to speed industry matters and introduce you to ... read more >>
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- Author:
- Ji Yeo
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- GIRO40
A Report from GIRO Advanced Pricing Techniques (APT) Working Party
This paper examines in details six overlooked facts of using generalized linear models (GLMs) for non-life pricing and discusses whether the use of GLMs is still fit for purpose in a competitive market. The six facts of GLMs discussed are 1. Either zero or ... read more >>
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- Author:
- Marion Gremillet, Pierre Miehé and José Luis Vilar Zanón
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- GIRO40
Reversible Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo method
Calculating deterministic reserves is no longer sufficient in our times of enhanced Risk Management. Today, Insurers strive to have a complete view of the risk underlying reserves valuation: therefore stochastic projection methods become central to today’s ... read more >>
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- Author:
- Joseph Lo and Corina Constantinescu
- Source:
- GIRO40
Ruin Theory Starter Kit #1
The aim of the paper is to provide general insurance actuaries a starting point for evaluating and engaging with ruin theory in a practical manner. Towards this goal, the paper undertakes three tasks. First, it sets out the basic mathematical principles ... read more >>
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- Solvency II Technical Provisions Working Party
- Source:
- GIRO40
Solvency II Technical Provisions for General Insurers
Solvency II Technical Provisions for General Insurers by the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries General Insurance Reserving Oversight Committee’s Working Party on Solvency II Technical Provisions: Susan Dreksler (Chair), Christopher Allen, ... read more >>
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Frailty Workshop
Agenda: 16:30 – 17:00 Registration with tea/coffee 17:00 – 17:05 Welcome by co-chairs Jules Constantinou (The IFoA), and Carol Jagger (Newcastle University) 17:05 – ... read more >>
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General Insurance - Capital Modelling Seminar
Registration: 08.30 - 09.00 Programme: 09.30 - 12.15 Why attend? With Solvency II now delayed, firms are increasingly looking at how to maximise value from the investment they have made to the internal models over the past few years. As such, capital ... read more >>
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CPD Networking event on Risk and Capital Management
Registration: 16.00 - 16.30 Programme: 16.30 - 18.00 Drinks Reception: 18.00 - 19.00 Why attend? This session is aimed at showing an unconventional view of the weakness and uncertainty of well accepted financial models and to offer methods and strategies ... read more >>