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The IFoA online library catalogue allows you to search the complete library collection including hard copy books which you can request on loan, and our comprehensive database of abstracts from actuarial journals.
Conference papers and presentations from IFoA events.
Member led and commissioned research in progress
Articles from actuarial journals worldwide (last and current year)
Journal coverage via the Actuarial Knowledge Hub
| Cambridge Journals | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Ageing and society | 2016-present |
| ASTIN Bulletin | 1958-present |
| Annals of Actuarial Science | 2006-present |
| British Actuarial Journal | 1995-present |
| European Journal of Risk Regulation | 2017-onwards |
| Journal of Applied Probability | 2012-present |
| Journal of Demographic Economics | 2011-present |
| Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis | 2004-present, Also JSTOR: 1966-2010 |
| Journal of the Institute of Actuaries | 1974-1994, Also JSTOR 1850-1994 |
| Journal of Pension Economics & Finance | 2002-present |
| Journal of the Staple Inn Actuarial Society | 1911-1993 |
| Transactions of the Actuarial Society of Edinburgh | 1886-1901 |
| Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries | 1901-1994, Also JSTOR 1901-1994 |
| Taylor & Francis | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Applied Mathematical Finance | 1997-present |
| North American Actuarial Journal | 1997-present |
| Population Studies | 2005- |
| Scandinavian Actuarial Journal | 1997-present |
| Springer | Coverage |
|---|---|
| European Actuarial Journal | 2011-present |
| Journal of Population Ageing | 2008-present |
| Journal of Risk and Uncertainty | 2015-, Also JSTOR 1988-2011 |
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Wiley |
Coverage |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Actuarial Science | All 3 volumes |
| Journal of Finance | 2012-present, also JSTOR 1946-2012 |
| Journal of Risk & Insurance | 2002-present, Also JSTOR: 1964-2011 |
| Risk Management & Insurance Review | 1997-present |
| Significance | 2004-present |
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StatsRef: Encyclopedias of Actuarial Science, Biostatistics, Clinical Trials, |
All 30 volumes |
| Science Direct | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Insurance: Mathematics & Economics | 1995-present |
| JSTOR (Selected highlights) | Coverage (Use the main JSTOR search box to search across the full text archive of all 500+ titles) |
|---|---|
| The American Economic Review | 1911-2012 |
| The American Statistician | 1947-2009 |
| Biometrika | 1901-2009 |
| British Medical Journal (BMJ) | 1857-2011 |
| Econometrica | 1933-2012 |
| Financial Analysts Journal | 1948-2011 |
| The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory | 1976-2004 |
| Mathematical Gazette | 1894-2009 |
| Population Index | 1937-1999 |
| Journal of the American Statistical Association | 1922-2009 |
| Journal of Applied Probability | 1964-2011 |
| The Journal of the Operational Research Society | 1978-2011 |
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Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: A, B, C and D |
Varies by title, from 1887-2013 |
| Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London | Varies by title, from 1665-2011 |
| Risk Management | 1999-2011 |
| Science | 1880-2009 |
| SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics | 1966-2009 |
| Palgrave Macmillan | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Geneva papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice | 2012-present, also JSTOR 1990-2009 |
| Geneva Risk and Insurance Review | 2012-present, also JSTOR 2005-2009 |
| Journal of Asset Management | 2012-present |
Claims Reserving Manual
The Claims Reserving Manual can be accessed at the bottom of this page, however please note that the Claims Reserving Manual has not been updated in many years, it should be viewed as a reflection of practice at the time of its publication (1997) rather than a current guide.
Related documents
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Claims Reserving Manual Volume 1
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Claims Reserving Manual Volume 2
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Claims Reserving Manual Volume 2 D5 Spreadsheet
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Claims Reserving Manual Volume 2 D6 Spreadsheet
1 September 1997
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Climate Solvency The Actuaries Carbon Collaboration: Applying Actuarial Concepts to Carbon Emissions
6 July 2022The Actuaries’ Carbon Collaboration (ACC) is a group of actuaries and other professionals working towards a coherent understanding of the issues around greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by considering them in an actuarial context.
Emissions into and absorption from the atmosphere can be modelled in the same way that we model variable cash flows, including the impacts of uncertain quantities and timing. The ACC’s work investigates both the insights that this analogy provides and its limitations.
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Sessional Meeting: Data and Modelling Considerations for mental health in life insurance
11 July 2022This talk presents the work of the Data and Modelling workstream of the IFoA Mental Health Working Party. We explore data and modelling considerations in the risk assessment and underwriting of mental health conditions. We will also consider how newer risk factors and improved data availability might open up opportunities for additional underwriting and product designs.
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Pensions Dashboards
12 July 2022As the industry prepares for Pensions Dashboards, we have lined up a specialist panel who is at the heart of the ongoing work in this area. Hear the latest developments, future proposals and have the opportunity to put forward your questions to our speakers.
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Crisis Management and Boards
18 July 2022Crisis management, the process by which an organization deals with a disruptive, sudden and unexpected event that threatens to harm the organization or its stakeholders, has become a key concern in the light of the Pandemic and Geopolitical risks.
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Applying AI – From Concept to Practice
19 July 2022Artificial Intelligence is heralded as a game-changer to the ways industries use data, with the insurance industry especially looking to embrace these new technologies. This brings many questions – not least around data privacy, ethics, potential biases and so on – with regulators increasingly interested in developments.
Moreover, whilst the stunning progress of specific technologies such as Watson and Alphazero made headlines some years ago, current commercial applications of AI remain far from mature.
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This webinar will cover:
• Some background on the risks of misselling in an ESG context, including the DWS case
• Achieving positive impact is a strong antidote to the risks of greenwashing or ESG misselling, however this risks having a tension with fiduciary responsibilities
• This tension can be resolved with a concept called Universal Ownership
• Under Universal ownership, investors have an appetite to make a loss in order to achieve positive impact, and yet still have no compromise on their fiduciary responsibilities
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This session will focus on the transformation roadmap of the healthcare sector in KSA and the role of actuarial capabilities in enhancing its evolution to the desired end stage as per the objectives of the Vision 2030. The discussion will focus how the system has evolved so far and shed light on the expected future changes. Through examining the transformation, we will highlight how the sector is and can use actuarial expertise to not only assist with this transformation but also use basic actuarial principles to identify the key risks and their respective mitigation strategies.
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Sessional Meeting: Covid-19 and the Effectiveness of ERM Frameworks
Online15 August 2022The purpose of this research paper is to explore enterprise risk management lessons which can be learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic in preparation for potential future pandemics as well as other “gray rhino” or “black swan” events. This paper is not intended to be an all-encompassing solution to the issues presented by Covid-19; rather, the content has been provided to help drive discussions regarding how risk management processes may need to evolve in line with the dynamic nature of the underlying risks that they sometimes need to capture.
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The IFoA's Infrastructure Working Party, led by Chris Lewin, will present its new introductory guide to infrastructure investment, which will be published on the IFoA web-site prior to the webinar. Those readers whose institutions have already taken the plunge into infrastructure will know that it is a highly complex and diverse field of activity. This guide does not explore all the matters which investors take into account, but it does discuss many of the more important points, including the risks and past returns, benchmarking, and ESG and SDG considerations. Attendees will be invi
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Health – Our Greatest Asset
2 November 2022Health contributes to happiness at the personal, family, community and societal level. Health, importantly underpins all our economic security. This talk will explore the drivers of our health, the measurement of health and the steps we can take to improve health – most of which lie outside the NHS.