14 December 2021
Joshua Waters provides an update on the IFoA Life Board activities.
We welcomed Louise Pryor to the Life Board (a day after she met with BoE Governor Andrew Bailey), for an update on:
- the IFoA Strategy launched during her Presidential term;
- Diversity Equity and Inclusion (see consultation response here); and
- Climate Change (the subject of a Thought Leadership Webinar Series in the run-up to COP26).
A key message was that 'Actuaries are well placed to understand the impact of climate on the wider economy because we’ve been thinking about long-term financial risks for the last 150 years.'
On Climate Change, we also discussed:
- the Life Climate Change Working Party’s plans (see the first blog from Scott Eason, Clara Yan et al);
- David Gordon’s AMS report on the involvement of actuaries in climate-related risk; and
- the consultation on changes to the Actuaries' Code (closed 2 December)
Recently we saw the Life Conference Webinar Series with 17 sessions and around 1,500 unique delegates signed up for at least one session. Sessions recordings are now available to view on the Life Online Learning Resource page.
On the regulatory front, we talked about:
- Solvency II review – Following Charlotte Gerken's speech, the Matching Adjustment Working Party has been considering cashflow fixity. Ross Evans, Andrew Kenyon et al are about to publish a paper on this topic.
- IFRS17 – UK Endorsement Board published draft comments on adoption.
Stephen Richards presented at the Life Sessional Meeting on how we can update mortality assumptions during the pandemic. In particular, how can we enhance annual time step models when experience is volatile from month to month.
I hope this helps to provide a summary of our activities, but please do get in touch with any of our Board or Working Party members if you would like to know more.
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