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International actuarial profession
- Actuarial Association of Europe (formerly Groupe Consultatif Actuariel Européen)
- CAA Global: Joint venture of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and the Society of Actuaries (USA) to offer the Certified Actuarial Analyst qualification around the world.
- Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary CERA Global Association
- International Actuarial Association
- See also Sections of the IAA including: Actuarial Studies in Non-Life Insurance, Actuarial Approach for Financial Risk, and International Association of Consulting Actuaries
- Financial Reporting Council: Oversight of the actuarial profession in the United Kingdom
- 'International actuarial links'
A wide-ranging page of links to resources for actuaries maintained by Emil Valdez, University of Connecticut, up to 2014.
Actuarial professional bodies and societies
(See also national and regional associations listed as: Full members and Associate members of the International Actuarial Association)
- Argentina: Consejo Profesional De Ciencias Económicas De La Capital Federal
- Australia: Institute of Actuaries of Australia
- Austria: Aktuarvereinigung Osterreichs
- Bangladesh: Actuarial Society of Bangladesh (via LinkedIn)
- Belgium: Association Royale des Actuaires Belges
- Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Atuaria
- Bulgaria: Bulgarian Actuarial Society
- Canada: Canadian Institute of Actuaries
- Caribbean: Caribbean Actuarial Association
- Chile: Instituto de Actuarios Matematicos de Chile
- China: China Association of Actuaries
- Colombia: Asociacion Colombiana de Actuarios
- Croatia: Hrvatsko Aktuarsko Drustvo
- Cyprus: Cyprus Association of Actuaries
- Czech Republic: Ceská Spolecnost Aktuárú
- Denmark: Den Danske Aktuarforening
- Finland: Suomen Aktuaariyhdistys
- France:
- Germany Deutsche Gesellschaft für Versicherungsmathematik e.V
- Greece Hellenic Actuarial Society
- Hong Kong Actuarial Society of Hong Kong
- Hungary Hungarian Actuarial Society
- Iceland Felag Islenskra Tryggingastaerofraeoinga
- India Institute of Actuaries of India
- Indonesia: Persatuan Aktuaris Indonesia (link via IAA site)
- Ireland: Society of Actuaries in Ireland
- Israel: Israel Association of Actuaries (site in Hebrew)
- Italy: Istituto Italiano degli Attuari
- Japan:
- Korea: Institute of Actuaries of Korea
- Luxembourg: Association Luxembourgeoise des Actuaires
- Malaysia: Actuarial Society of Malaysia
- Mexico:
- Asociacion Mexicana de Actuarios, A. C. (link via IAA site)
- Colegio Nacional de Actuarios A. C.
- Morocco: Association Marocaine des Actuaires
- The Netherlands: Het Actuarieel Genootschap (Dutch Actuarial Association)
- New Zealand: New Zealand Society of Actuaries
- Norway: Den Norske Aktuarforening
- Pakistan: Pakistan Society of Actaries
- The Philippines: Actuarial Society of the Philippines
- Poland: Polskie Stowarzyszenie Aktuariuszy
- Portugal: Instituto dos Actuarios Portugueses
- Singapore: Singapore Actuarial Society
- Slovakia: Slovak Society of Actuaries
- Slovenia: Slovensko Aktuarsko Drustvo
- South Africa: Actuarial Society of South Africa
- Spain:
- Switzerland: Association Suisse des Actuaires/Schweizerischen Aktuarvereinigung
- Taiwan: Actuarial Institute of Chinese Taipei
- Thailand: Society of Actuaries of Thailand
- Ukraine: Lviv Actuaries, Ukraine. Actuarial Education and Reference Centre
- United Kingdom:
- Association of Consulting Actuaries
- Staple Inn Actuarial Society
- Worshipful Company of Actuaries
- Regional actuarial societies
- United States:
- American Academy of Actuaries
- American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries
- Casualty Actuarial Society (non-life insurance)
- Conference of Consulting Actuaries
- Society of Actuaries
- Be An Actuary A site for those interested in becoming an actuary, sponsored by the Casualty Actuarial Society and the Society of Actuaries
- Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary CERA Global Association (CGA): Promotes and administers the CERA credential worldwide.
- CAA Global: Joint venture of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and the Society of Actuaries (USA) to offer the Certified Actuarial Analyst qualification around the world.
- Certificate in Data Science (Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and Southampton Data Science Academy, accredited by Web Science Institute, University of Southampton)
- The Actuarial Education Company: 'ActEd' provides actuarial tuition accredited and addressing the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries exam curriculum.
- Universities offering actuarial science degrees and diplomas, with which we have exemption agreements
Bulletin boards and newsgroups
- www.actuarialoutpost.com
Actuarial discussion forum - primarily SOA/CAS and Canadian but includes a UK section. - The Actuary: Jobs
The Actuary: Jobs is the official job board for the IFoA - Actuary Jobs
Search actuarial jobs across all sectors
- Actuarial association magazines:
- L'Actuariel (Institut des Actuaires, France)
- Actuaries Digital (Actuaries Institute Australia)
- Actuarios (Instituto del Institute de Actuarios, Spain)
- The Actuary (Institute and Faculty of Actuaries)
- The Actuary magazine (Society of Actuaries, USA)
- Actuary India (Institute of Actuaries of India)
- Contingencies (American Academy of Actuaries)
- The European Actuary. (Triannual magazine of the Actuarial Association of Europe and its member associations)
- Actuarial peer-reviewed journals
(*IFoA members can access journal archives after member login to the IFoA Actuarial Knowledge Hub along with other library subscribed journals ):- Anales del Instituto de Actuarios
- Annals of Actuarial Science* (member access via IFoA website login)
- ASTIN Bulletin: the Journal of the International Actuarial Association
- British Actuarial Journal* (member access via IFoA website login)
- Bulletin Français d'Actuariat
- Casualty Actuarial Society publications
- Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance*
- Geneva Risk and Insurance Review*
- Insurance: Mathematics and Economics*
- Journal of Finance*
- Journal of Risk and Insurance*
- North American Actuarial Journal*
- Quantitative Finance
Articles on quantitative methods in finance and the practical applications of financial engineering - Scandinavian Actuarial Journal*
- South African Actuarial Journal
- Variance (Casualty Actuarial Society)
- Insurance industry, pensions and risk management periodicals:
- Insurance Age
- InsuranceERM
- Insurance Post (formerly Post Magazine)
- Insurance Times
- Professional Pensions
- Partnerships Bulletin
(Private Finance Initiatives, Public Private Partnerships)
- Publishers:
- Swiss Re
Includes a wide range of insurance publications for downloading
- Swiss Re
- www.acronymfinder.com
Over 900,000 acronyms with definitions - Actuarial Science: Glossary (University of Cape Town, Faculty of Commerce)
- The following glossary documents were developed by David Forfar FFA from Institute and Faculty core reading materials in 2002:
Research portals and libraries
- British Library Online Catalogue
Search the 8.5 million books and other material in the British Library's catalogues - Chartered Insurance Institute (CII): Knowledge Services
Library and information service for CII members, receives and external enquiries advising possible charge to non-members. Technical and market information on insurance, risk and related financial services and an international gateway to other published material on these subjects. Includes technical fact files, a digital journal archive, a library of scanned papers, a global Web directory, an online bookshop and other document delivery services. - EthOS: British Library eThesis Online Service
Use Advanced Search for 'Actuarial', 'Insurance', 'Pensions' or 'Risk Management' to find UK university doctoral theses, sort by 'Newest' for latest research on actuarial subjects. - Global Data: Insurance
- Subscription service portal to regularly updated reports covering market trends and analysis, rankings, forecasts, regulatory information and insight into hot topics in insurance, with supporting statistics
- directoryinsurance.com
Directory of insurance companies on the web - Incomes Data Services
Includes good series of economic indicators - International actuarial links
A wide-ranging page of links to resources for actuaries maintained by Emil Valdez, University of Connecticut - Jisc Library Hub Discover
Search the union online catalogue of items held by many national, academic and specialist (subject) libraries in the UK and Ireland. - National Archives - UK National Digital Archive of Datasets
Contains archived digital data from UK government departments and agencies. The system has been available since March 1998 and provides open access to the catalogues of all its holdings, and free access to open datasets following a simple registration process. Includes a useful page for mortality data 1901-1992 - Open Access Theses and Dissertations
Search 'Actuarial', 'Insurance', 'Pensions' or 'Risk Management' for open access doctoral theses of universities worldwide. - Pandemics: IFoA Hub
Portal to the IFoA's collation of IFoA actuarial perspectives (Continuous Mortality Investigation monitoring, articles and blogs by IFoA members, regulation and guidance, webinars, reports and papers and digests assessing economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition selected resource hub sites of external organisations, and research relating to previous pandemics. - ResearchGate
Register for free to search a database of research papers, some pre-journal versions or those then linked to final peer-reviewed publications. - Social Science Research Network
Over 98, 000 research papers, many can be downloaded free of charge - Serials UNion CATalogue for the UK research community
Invaluable for locating journals and finding out about journals in a specific subject area.
- Accounting Web
Free registration includes news and information, newswires, document library and careerzone - IFRS Foundation
Website for International Financial Reporting Standards set by the International Accounting Standards Board including standards for Insurance Contracts and Retirement Benefit Plans.
- Bank of England
The central bank of the United Kingdom - London Institute of Banking and Finance
The Institute develops and delivers a range of qualifications. The site includes information on qualifications, seminars, training events, conferences and lectures, on-line library catalogue and links to other financial services sites.
- UK statute law database
Official revised edition of the primary legislation of the UK
- Czech Digital Mathematics Library
Access to Applications of Mathematics, Archivum Mathematicum, Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae and Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal - Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Professional and learned society for qualified and practising mathematicians. Its mission is to promote mathematics in industry, business, the public sector, education and research - London Mathematical Society
Major British learned society for mathematics - Numerical Algorithms Group
Develops and provides software to solve complex mathematical problems - Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance
Centre for academic research in quantitative finance, with special emphasis on alternative investments - Royal Statistical Society
Forum for all who are interested in statistics - Smith Institute
Aims to spread the use of mathematics and computer science, and in particular the intellectual discipline of the mathematical way of thinking, more widely in the formulation of industrial strategy and in the planning of industrial products and processes.
- Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Resource Centre (The Lancet)
The GBD study offers a powerful resource to understand the changing health challenges facing people across the world in the 21st century. Led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), the GBD study is the most comprehensive worldwide observational epidemiological study to date. Articles on findings from each GBD survey are reported in The Lancet journal. - Human Mortality Database
'The HMD database was created to provide detailed mortality and population data to researchers, students, journalists, policy analysts, and others interested in the history of human longevity. The project began from earlier projects at University of California, Berkeley, USA, and at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany. The Center on the Economics and Development of Aging (CEDA) French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) have also supported further development of the database in recent years' - HMD website. - Human Life Table Database
Part of the Human Mortality Database project, maintained by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Germany. - IAA Mortality Working Group
Follow links to 'Information base' and 'Country reports' for updates on mortality research provided by IAA Mortality Working Group members. - Mortality Data Directory
The Mortality Research Steering Committee (MRSC) and IFoA have produced a Mortality Data Directory which lists free and commercial datasets available in the area of mortality. The data sets include UK, Republic of Ireland, European and International data sets. It is hoped that greater access to and awareness of these data sets will enable accurate modelling of information allowing actuaries to make informed decisions regarding longevity and mortality in relation to life assurance, pensions and long term care products. - MyLongevity.
This app is being developed based on the results of research within the programme on 'Big Health and Actuarial data for understanding Longevity and Morbidity Risks’ funded by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and commissioned through the Actuarial Research Centre, and of the research within the ESRC funded Business and Local Government Data Research Centre. App development was funded by University of East Anglia (UEA). Data sources on which calculations are based are outlined, and please note - National Archives - UK: Historic Mortality Dataset
Archived digital data from UK government departments and agencie includes a useful page for mortality data 1901-1992. - Pandemics: IFoA Hub
Portal to the IFoA's collation of IFoA actuarial perspectives (Continuous Mortality Investigation monitoring, articles and blogs by IFoA members, regulation and guidance, webinars, reports and papers and digests assessing economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition selected resource hub sites of external organisations, and research relating to previous pandemics. - Society of Actuaries 'Living to 100' website
Information about the 'Living to 100' research initiative on aging, increases in survival rates and the implications. Site includes news, monographs from past symposia, research, media and trade coverage, links to numerous resources and the latest information on the next 'Living to 100 Symposium'.
- Investment Property Forum
An independent organisation aimed at improving the awareness, understanding and efficiency of property as an investment.
- Financial Reporting Council: Actuaries
‘Following the Morris Review of the Actuarial Profession, published in March 2005, HM Treasury asked the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to take on responsibility for oversight of the actuarial profession in the UK by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and the independent setting of technical actuarial standards. This latter task was the remit of the Board for Actuarial Standards until 2 July 2012 when responsibility was assumed by the FRC. The FRC seeks to promote high quality actuarial practice and the integrity, competence and transparency of the actuarial profession – to the benefit of all those who rely on actuarial advice.’
See also IFoA's website: Upholding Standards - Financial Conduct Authority
‘The Financial Conduct Authority is the conduct regulator for 56,000 financial services firms and financial markets in the UK and the prudential regulator for over 24,000 of those firms.’ - Former UK financial regulators: Legacy publications
This including some rulebooks of predecessor UK organisations to the Financial Conduct Authority including the Financial Services Authority, Securities and Investments Board, Personal Investment Authority and others. - Morris Review of the Actuarial Profession (HM Treasury report now available through The National Archives)
- Prudential Regulatory Authority (at Bank of England)
‘The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) was created as a part of the Bank of England by the Financial Services Act (2012) and is responsible for the prudential regulation and supervision of around 1,700 banks, building societies, credit unions, insurers and major investment firms. The PRA’s objectives are set out in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA).’ - International Compliance Association
The International Compliance Association is a non-profit making professional organisation dedicated to the furtherance of best compliance and anti money laundering practice in the financial services sector - The Pensions Regulator
Regulator of work-based pension schemes in the UK - The Compliance Exchange
E-Information Centre for Compliance Officers, investment professionals and students - Compliance Resource Network
Links to financial services compliance-related sites and daily news on compliance issues. - UK regulators, government and other bodies
This FCA page offers links to other UK bodies with whom the FCA works closely. - Wikipedia: List of financial regulatory authorities by country
Statistics and economic indicators
- EuroStat
Data from the statisitcal office of the European Union, situated in Luxembourg, with data themes including 'Economics and Finance', 'Population and social conditions', 'Inudstry, trade and services' and 'Environment and Energy' (with Climate Change) - International Monetary Fund: IMF eLibrary and IMF Topic Guide
Reports and publications on global economics, and financial conditions. - Office for National Statistics
Official UK statistics site containing a vast range of official UK statistics and information about statistics, which can be accessed and downloaded free.
See also UK Government search for latest UK issued and expected Research and Statistics allowing searches by topic, world location and organisation. - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): Data
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Links to official statistical organizations worldwide (not just Europe).
UK national and local government
- British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service
A web-based database of British Official Publications 1688-1995 - Central Government site
Includes index to all departments and agencies - Corporation of London
- Department for Work and Pensions
Information about current social security legislation and benefits. The Department was formed on 8 June 2001 from parts of the former Department of Social Security, parts of the former Department for Education and Employment, and the Employment Service - Government Actuary's Department
Providing mainly public sector clients with independent, professional actuarial advice - Official documents
Full text of selected Government reports - White Papers, Green Papers and House of Commons Papers - and links to Acts of Parliament, Statutory Instruments and a range of other official information - Scottish Parliament
Brings together the complete runs of all parliamentary resources. Current editions of the Business Bulletin, Official Reports, Minutes, WHISP (What's Happening in the Scottish Parliament) and other items which bear on current business - UK Legislation
Full text of Acts of Parliament from 1988, Statutory Instruments from 1987 and other legislative documents - UK Parliament
Includes the full text of many publications produced by the Stationery Office for Parliament, normally available on the same day as the item is published in printed form - UKOP On-line
Subscription catalogue of United Kingdom Official publications together with listings of other major British, European and International organisations. Contains 360,000 continually updated records of official reports and documentation from 1980 onwards - Welsh Assembly
- Wired-gov - A personalised e-mail alert service in collaboration with the Government's News Distribution Service (GICS Cabinet Office).
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Behavioural Science Series with Keith Grint - Wicked Problems, Clumsy Solutions and Leading Change
19 April 2021Wicked Problems, Clumsy Solutions and Leading Change
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Dr Catherine Donnelly will present the basics of the structures for pooling longevity risks and summarise recent research results in this area in addition to outlinging future research around this topic. This is work under a research programme funded by the IFoA's Actuarial Research Centre, called 'Minimizing longevity and investment risk while optimising future pension plans'.
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Professional Skills Training Webinar - 21 April 2021
21 April 2021Climate-Related Risk - This free to view webinar on Climate-Related Risk is the first in a series focusing on some of the ‘Hotspots’ identified in the JFAR Risk Perspective bringing the Risk Perspective to life with practical illustrations and insights from subject experts from the IFoA and other Regulators
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Recent decades have seen institutions, such as employers and financial services, give people more choice and flexibility, but these freedoms have come with more responsibilities. Individuals are now responsible for managing more of their own financial risks, from ensuring they put enough money into their pension to securing affordable protection to be financially resilient.
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Actuarial Innovation in the COVID-19 era
This event is online.26 April 2021 - 7 May 2021Join us for this brand new IFoA webinar weries comprising of a fortnight of webinars, panel sessions and a hackathon, that showcase the range of ways in which the actuarial profession has added value, in the public interest, to the understanding and management of the current and future pandemics through insight and learning.
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This event is now temporarily closed on Monday 26 April, but the session will be repeated on Tuesday 27 April, 09.00-10.30. Please click here to register your place.
Actuaries have a lot to offer biodiversity management over the next decade as the world develops more depth to its response to this global challenge. This sessional offers an opportunity to learn about this emergent risk, to contribute to our thinking as a profession and help us develop the next steps forward.
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Europe Town Hall
28 April 2021IFoA Immediate Past President John Taylor would like to invite you to the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries’ (IFoA) virtual Europe Town Hall, hosted by John Taylor with IFoA Council Members Alan Rae, Jennifer Hartley, Maribel Vasquez Flores and IFoA Chief Executive, Stephen Mann.
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Mis-estimation risk is a key element of demographic risk, and past work has focused on mis-estimation risk on a run-off basis. However, this does not meet the requirements of regulatory regimes like Solvency II, which demands that capital requirements are set through the prism of a finite horizon like one year. This paper presents a value-at-risk approach to mis-estimation risk suitable for Solvency II work
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Finance & Investment Virtual Conference 2021
Available to watch globally in May.10-12 May 2021This year's Finance and Investment Virtual Conference takes on the timely theme of ‘resilience’, something we have all learnt a lot more about in the last year! Our diverse range of talks will explore the theme of resilience in a variety of ways including in building robust investment portfolios, in the incorporation of ESG factors, in govern
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Wearables in insurance: a win-win opportunity
14 May 2021This talk will explore the potential benefits that wearable tech can bring to health & protection insurers and their customers. The traditional approach of integrating wearables into insurance has largely focused on measuring steps and using rewards-based incentive programs to encourage more activity.
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Join us for this talk with Professor Sir Adrian Smith as part of the 'Dr Patrick Poon Presidential Speaker Series'. Professor Smith joined The Alan Turing Institute as Institute Director and Chief Executive in September 2018. In November 2020, he became President of the Royal Society, in addition to his leadership of the Turing. He is also a member of the government's AI Council, which helps boost AI growth in the UK and promote its adoption and ethical use in businesses and organisations across the country. He received a knighthood in the 2011 New Year Honours list.
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CILA 2021
Available to watch globally in May.19-21 May 2021We continue to live in a world of global uncertainty. Survival depends on our ability to simultaneously navigate through the diverse root-causes, ranging from: the consequences of Climate Change; on-going financial consequences of the COVID pandemic; or self-imposed changes in regulatory requirements and accounting standards.
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Pensions Conference 2021
Online webinar series16-22 June 2021Welcome to the programme for our 2nd Virtual Pensions Conference. This year's conference features 11 webinars offering members and non-members the opportunity to get up to date content from leading experts in the pension industry. There will also be opportunity to ask questions and contribute to the discussion.