Research and Resources news
New CMI working papers on income protection
2012-02-17 15:50More information
CMI library of mortality projections
2011-11-30 14:14For further details see: CMI library of mortality projections
Sustaining the university research communities
2011-08-05 10:07by part-funding some PhD studentships in the UK; by funding academics to attend conferences and other events by welcoming applications to help pump prime research in areas of actuarial interest. The closing date for applications is 30 September 2011. See Calls and current projects for further information.
Call for proposals for research project on the effects of 'limits to growth'
2011-06-16 13:38The Actuarial Profession is inviting reserch 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.
Longevity Bulletin - First edition launched
2011-06-15 14:44The 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. Download now from the Thought Leadership/Mortality page.
FTSE data
2011-06-01 14:18The 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.
University of Southampton - lectureship/senior lectureship/readership in actuarial mathematics/financial mathematics
2011-04-17 19:12Duties, as determined by the Head of School, will include conducting research of international status in Actuarial Mathematics or Statistics and/or Financial Mathematics and teaching undergraduate and postgraduate Actuarial Science. As part of the role you will also be expected to support effective management and administration of the School. The position is available from 1 September 2011 or as soon as possible thereafter. It is expected that interviews will be held in June 2011. As part of the interview process, candidates will be invited to give a research presentation. Read more.
Emerging trends in mortality and longevity; Call for abstracts, presentations and posters
2011-02-04 15:24The symposium is sponsored by the UK Mortality Research Steering Committee, the International Actuarial Association Mortality Working Group and our multidisciplinary partners. The identified themes are Socio-demographics, Individualised risk and The international dimension.
Improved online catalogue
2010-11-22 00:00The online catalogue, which offers access to 40,000 actuarial books, research papers and articles, now has a 'simple search' and an 'advanced search' option. The initial search page offers a ‘simple search’, where all the search terms that have been entered will be combined. All catalogue records that contain all the terms you searched for - anywhere in the description - will be returned. This will give a wide range of results. If you want to do a more specific search, please click on the link to the 'Advanced search', which will offer you more specific options to narrow down your search. Here, you can search on specific fields (such as title, author or journal title) or a combination of fields. The 'Advanced search' searches for the terms you enter as a phrase, unless you combine the terms with & (AND), / (OR) or ! (NOT). Both the 'simple' and 'advanced' search will allow you to search on electronic documents, documents from the Actuarial Profession’s website, or journal articles only. Please see http://actuaries.soutron.net/ for the new system. Help texts are provided for further information. If you have any questions, please contact libraries@actuaries.org.uk
British Actuarial Journal Vol 14, Part 3 published
2010-09-12 15:56Volume 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 actuarial perspective' by M H Tripp, C Chan, S Haria, N Hilary, K Morgan, G C Orros, G R Perry and K Tsahir-Thompson and 'Do you really know the characteristics of your scheme's liabilities?' A discussion meeting held by the Institute of Actuaries. The volume concludes with an obituary of A Doreen Hart, former Editor of the British Actuarial Journal