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KSS event – GAD: the 100 year life (Glasgow)
Barnett Waddingham 163 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2JJ24 October 2019The Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) marks its centenary this year. George Russell, formerly Deputy Government Actuary, who currently heads up GAD’s Edinburgh office, leading on GAD support to the devolved administrations in Scotland and Northern Ireland, will outline GAD’s development over that period and its range of work today. Having just “celebrated” his 25th anniversary of joining GAD, George will also reflect on some of the challenges and opportunities of advising at the interface of the actuarial and the political worlds.
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KSS Event – Equity Release Mortgages: The Irish Experience
Room CM S.01 (Second floor, Colin Maclaurin Building, building 22 on the campus map.) Campus maps can be found at https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/edinburgh/map.htm23 October 2019This is a co-branded KSS/Heriot-Watt University event. Equity release mortgages (ERMs), also called lifetime mortgages, have played an increasing role in generating income for retired home-owners. As new liquidity rules have reduced the supply of bank lending, so insurers have stepped in, encouraged by generous regulatory treatment for annuity writers.
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KSS Event – GAD: the 100 year life (Edinburgh)
KPMG Saltire Court 20 Castle Terrace Edinburgh EH1 2EG22 October 2019The Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) marks its centenary this year. George Russell, formerly Deputy Government Actuary, who currently heads up GAD’s Edinburgh office, leading on GAD support to the devolved administrations in Scotland and Northern Ireland, will outline GAD’s development over that period and its range of work today. Having just “celebrated” his 25th anniversary of joining GAD, George will also reflect on some of the challenges and opportunities of advising at the interface of the actuarial and the political worlds.
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CAA Global Event, South Africa
Sandton Convention Centre, 161 Maude St, Sandown, Sandton, 2196, South Africa22 October 2019CAA Global warmly invites you to join us for a networking reception at the ASSA lounge, with the opportunity to meet Ben Kemp, Director, CAA Global, Mike Mcdougall, CEO of ASSA, and Marjorie Ngwenya, Past President of the IFoA.
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IFoA Members Reception, South Africa
Terrace area, Garden Court Sandton City, Cnr. West & Maude Streets, Sandown, Johannesburg, 219621 October 2019We warmly invite you to join us for a drinks reception, with the opportunity to meet Marjorie Ngwenya, past President of the IFoA, and Ben Kemp, General Counsel.
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Career Event - Count Me In
Staple Inn Hall, High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QJ10 October 2019This Event is now Fully Booked - Please Click Here to Join the Wait List
Join us and leading actuarial employers at our free Count Me In STEM careers event in London organised by the IFoA.
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SIAS Event: AGM and talk on a Monetary Approach to Economics
Staple Inn Hall. High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QJ8 October 2019The SIAS Annual General Meeting will commence at 5.45pm and be followed by a talk given by the well known economist and author, Steve Keen, at 6pm. A live webinar will be available.
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RSS/IFoA Data Science Ethics: the role of practitioners
Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol St, London EC1Y 8LX7 October 2019This event is now fully booked.
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and the Royal Statistical Society have worked together to develop joint ethics guidance on data science. This is the culmination of an 18 month programme of practitioner led work.
Join us for the launch of this new guidance, with a high-level panel discussion which will explore the role of data science practitioners and professional bodies in data ethics. -
Climate Risk Management–Joint IFoA/PRMIA (The Professional Risk Managers’ International Association)
Staple Inn, 4 High Holborn, Holborn, London WC1V 6DR, UK7 October 2019This will be a panel discussion involving speakers from the IFoA, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and PRMIA comparing the practical approaches taken by banks, insurers and firms as they try to manage these risks.
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Sessional Research Event: Risk Margin Working Party
9 Queen St, Edinburgh EH2 1JQFor life insurers in the UK, the risk margin is one of the most controversial aspects of the Solvency II regime. Following its implementation, the risk margin came under considerable criticism for being too large and too sensitive to interest rate movements. These criticisms are particularly valid for annuity business – such business is of great significance to the national system for retirement provision. This criticism has led to political interest, and the risk margin was a major element of the Treasury Committee inquiry into Solvency II.