Events calendar

The Future of the Professions

How Technology will Transform the Work of Human Experts

Please note that the speaker, Dr Daniel Susskind, will be delivering the event live in London and this will be live streamed to Edinburgh. 

This talk will explore on the potential opportunities for actuaries given developments in AI, in traditional and wider fields.

Speakers: Nick Forrester and Calum Cooper

Ben Kemp, the General Counsel and Director at the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, will visit Hong Kong and would like to invite you to the IFoA Member Event on Monday 7 May, 2018 at JW Marriott Hong Kong.

Ben will present the PST session entitled “Professionalism and Culture: Challenges and opportunities for the actuarial profession in 2018 and beyond”.

Antibiotic Resistance (‘ABR’) has featured heavily in the news, and has been a particular concern of the nation’s Chief Medical Officer.  ABR has the potential to wipe out the future mortality/longevity improvements we might otherwise reasonably expect from general medical/lifestyle advances.

Speakers:

Nicola Oliver, Mortality and Longevity Consultant, Medical Intelligence (UK) Ltd, Ross Hamilton, Ross Hamilton, pensions consultant, Willis Towers Watson and Dr Craig Armstrong, Aviva Longevity Research Team

This talk will provide a regulatory update giving an overview of some of the latest regulatory developments across the global market impacting insurers.

Speakers: Kenny Cheng and Chris Anderson Shriparna Ghosh, EY

The IFoA’s Immediate Past President, Mr Colin Wilson and CEO Mr Derek Cribb will visit Shanghai and would like to invite you to the IFoA Member Event on Tuesday 15 May 2018. The event is part of the IFoA’s presidential trip to Asia this year.

Colin and Derek will present the Professionalism Skills Training session. Colin will also present awards to the Honorary Fellow Prof Zhigang Xie, new qualifiers and Sir Edward Johnston Prize winners of year 2017.

The IFoA’s Immediate Past President, Mr Colin Wilson and CEO Mr Derek Cribb will visit Beijing. We will co-host Professional Skills Training and Awards Presenting event with the Sunshine Insurance Group on Thursday 17 May 2018. The event is part of the IFoA’s presidential trip to Asia this year.

Colin and Derek will present the Professionalism Skills Training session.  The event will present awards to the new qualifiers, Sir Edward Johnston Prize winners and Sunshine Insurance Group Actuarial Scholarship winners of year 2017.

When university lecturers take to the barricades with posters proclaiming ‘value pensions using stochastic models not actuarial discounting rules’ it’s clear that our work is under scrutiny. Indeed Universities UK and the University and College Union are proposing a ‘Joint Expert Panel, comprised of actuarial and academic experts’ to examine the USS funding methodology. But are the two actually different methods for valuing a pension scheme? Or are they two sides of the same coin.

A 2 hour CPD event designed to meet the IFoA’s Stage 3 Professional Skills Training under the IFoA’s CPD Scheme 2017/18.  This session is suitable for actuaries working in any area (i.e. it is not specifically aimed at Pensions, GI or any other technical discipline) and is interactive, so you should come along prepared to take part in the discussions.

The annual Pricing Seminar continues to be the premier gathering of UK GI pricing actuaries. The event will once again see leading practitioners presenting on thought-provoking new ideas and techniques addressing the key challenges facing pricing actuaries today.

A 2 hour CPD event designed to meet the IFoA’s Stage 3 Professional Skills Training under the IFoA’s CPD Scheme 2017/18.  This session is suitable for actuaries working in any area (i.e. it is not specifically aimed at Pensions, GI or any other technical discipline) and is interactive, so you should come along prepared to take part in the discussions.

Video case studies will be selected from the IFoA’s 2017/18 online content which covers a range of topics under an overarching theme of “Actuarial Interaction and Challenge”, such as:

Commutation factors

Save the date

This seminar will provide topical and practical updates and discussion on the latest thinking and innovations in mortality and longevity.

A 2 hour CPD event designed to meet the IFoA’s Stage 3 Professional Skills Training under the IFoA’s CPD Scheme 2017/18.  This session is suitable for actuaries working in any area (i.e. it is not specifically aimed at Pensions, GI or any other technical discipline) and is interactive, so you should come along prepared to take part in the discussions.

Presented by Michael Henderson and Ross Evans

Presented by Thomas Bulpitt, FIA, CERA

SAVE THE DATE

Speaker: Peter Temple

Chair: John Graham, Arc Re

These seminars cover current issues and highlights in the UK pensions sector.