The Actuaries' Code (“the Code”) has six principles which Members are to comply with in order to build and promote the confidence in the work of actuaries and the actuarial profession.
These six principles are:
As one of the six key principles of the Code, impartiality is placed in sharp focus and states that:
“Members must ensure that their professional judgement is not compromised, and cannot reasonably be seen to be compromised, by bias, conflict of interest, or the undue influence of others.”
The IFoA's conflicts of interest materials includes:
For Members based in the United Kingdom, we have produced an additional resource document:
Actuarial Profession Standard (APS) also includes a specific conflict of interest provisions:
2013 Case studies: Please note that these case-studies were produced prior to the current version of the Actuaries’ Code and revised Conflicts of interest Guide for Members.
Previous practice-specific presentations on conflicts of interest may also be of interest:
If you have any enquiries about non-mandatory guidance please email