12/11 - The Actuary - November 2012

Features:

• Q&A: John Coomber, former CEO of Swiss Re, talks about his career, philosophy on leadership and applying actuarial skills to wider areas.
• Pensions: Is default a dirty word? Jerry Ghandi outlines how default options can be seen as a positive, not negative, connotation
• Pensions: nudging the NEST Behavioural economics has applications in all walks of life - not least pensions, writes Graham Vidler
• Solvency II: there's more to life Insurers need to be aware of wider regulatory developments, says Paul Fulcher
• Solvency II: rainmakers and risk Actuaries need to maintain a wider influence in managing risk under Solvency II, says Scott Robinson
• Careers: It pays to proofread Sonal Shah warns of the perils of built-in spelling and language checkers