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Pandemics: external resources

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Other actuarial associations

International Actuarial Association (IAA)

Many of the actuarial associations around the world are producing and updating reports and data to help inform decisions in this very chaotic time. The IAA has created a webpage that consolidates links to much of this information.
 

Australian Institute

Pandemics Resource Centre:

Estelle Pearson, Principal at Finity Consulting, writes about what this pandemic situation means for General Insurance actuaries. View the article
 

Society of Actuaries

This Society of Actuaries Research Brief has been constructed to highlight some of the key features of the COVID-19 epidemic and contemplate the risks for the actuarial profession to consider in their work.
 

American Academy of Actuaries

View the AAA resources related to COVID-19.
 

Canadian Institute of Actuaries

View the CIA the CIA’s hub for COVID-19 content
 

Casualty Actuarial Society

View the latest announcements and resources related to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak on various CAS operations.
 

Actuarial Consultancies

Hymans Robertson

Aon

The Infectious Disease Response Site is designed as an online resource for clients and industry peers to access information and insight on risk exposures and human capital (duty of care) concerns emanating from an infectious disease event or outbreak.
 

Willis Towers Watson

View Willis Towers Watson COVID-19 resources hub.
 

SCOR

View SCOR’s press release on COVID-19.
 

Partner Re

The COVID-19 – CMO Update and Overview, created by Achim Regenauer, Chief Medical Officer PartnerRe, is intended only as a general overview of COVID-19.
 

Lloyds of London

McKinsey & Company

View the article from senior partners at McKinseys ‘Safeguarding our lives and our livelihoods: The imperative of our time.
 

LCP

View the LCP COVID-19 hub
 

Academic publications

Imperial College London

Imperial College London presents the results of epidemiological modelling which has informed policymaking in the UK and other countries in recent weeks.
 

Lancet

The Lancet has produced a hub to assist health workers and researchers working under challenging conditions to bring this outbreak to a close and created a Coronavirus Resource Centre.
 

Oxford University Press

Access OUP's resources on coronavirus and related topics.
 

University of Oxford

Presentation by Dr Robin Thompson - How do mathematicians model infectious disease outbreaks?
 

Other External resources

British Medical Association

The BMA answer questions about the impact of COVID-19 on work, training, education, and wellbeing of medical professionals.
 

Royal Society for Public Health

View RSPH's Statement on Coronavirus (COVID-19).
 

Association of British Insurers

The ABI have produced a guide to some of the most commonly asked questions surrounding the impact of COVID-19.
 

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OECD have developed an AI powered tool to enable individuals to allow the latest COVID-19 developments in any country.
 

Institute for Fiscal Studies

View IFS commentary on the Chancellors fiscal response to COVID-19.
 

Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association

The PLSA’s COVID-19 resources is designed to help its members deal with short-term issues and prepare for the longer-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

Isaac Newton Institute 

The INI programme on Infectious Disease Dynamics has a series of reports and seminar listings with recordings and pdf slides available to those with strong mathematical backgrounds wishing to learn more about pandemic modelling.
 

What Happens Next? 

COVID-19 Futures, Explained With Playable Simulations, by Marcel Salathé & Nicky Case. 

Select Committees

Treasury Committee 

Committee hearing on Wednesday 15 April 2020. Oral evidence session with Sam Woods, Deputy Governor Bank of England and CEO of the Prudential Regulation Authority, that feeds into the committee's inquiry into the economic impact of COVID-19. 
 

Health and Social Care Committee

Committee hearing on Tuesday 5 May 2020. The Committee questions the Chief Scientific Adviser and Deputy Chief Medical Officer on the progress the UK is making in relation to COVID-19, and the modelling and data that is being considered. This forms the fifth session in the inquiry into the management of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Committee hearing on Tuesday 17 March 2020. The focus on this session includes  preparations for hospital and community services to deal with a potential COVID-19 epidemic, likely impact on routine NHS services, risks to patients and staff, and information sharing and co-ordination with other agencies and the public.

Committee hearing on Thursday 5 March 2020. The CMO for England, the UK Government's Chief Medical Adviser, is asked to detail current planning to deal with an upsurge in cases of COVID-19, preventative measures to safeguard public health, options for containing the virus and how prepared the NHS is to deal with a major outbreak. 
 

Official sources

UK Government

This includes guidance on social-distancing, staying at home, travel advice, NHS information and links to the latest government announcements.

Read the Government Actuary's Department news article on how they are supporting the government’s fight against coronavirus.

World Health Organisation

The World Health Organisation has developed a hub with information on how to keep yourself safe, situation reports, updates on research and development, and myth-busters.
 

Bank of England

Bank of England measures to respond to the economic shock from Covid-19
 

The Pensions Regulator

COVID19: What pension schemes need to consider
 

Financial Conduct Authority

The FCA has significant resources focused on responding for the firms it regulates.
 

Financial Reporting Council

View the guidance for companies and auditors during the COVID-19 crisis.
 

Office for Budget Responsibility

Coronavirus reference scenario
 

Office of National Statistics

Latest data and analysis on coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK and its effect on the economy and society.

 

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  • Mortality and Longevity Webinar Series 2020

    Webinar Series
    22 July 2020 - 10 August 2020

    Spaces available

    View the full schedule of webinars in this series via this link.

    This webinar series will provide topical and practical updates and discussion on the latest thinking and innovations in mortality and longevity, and is designed to be very accessible to a broad range of experience.

     

  • Mortality and Longevity Webinar: Beyond control - what could be our next big health threat?

    Webinar
    10 August 2020

    Spaces available

    Part of the Mortality and Longevity webinar series. As an industry, it has been important to be able to look to the future to identify the next quantifiable risk. In this session, I will explore some of the less tangible, but none-the-less concerning risks to future health, such as the health risks associated with exposure to pesticides, ingestion of plastic in the food chain, and the hazards of indoor air pollution through exposure to volatile organic compounds.

  • Professional Skills Training Webinar - 12 August 2020

    Webinar
    12 August 2020

    Spaces available

    A Trusted Profession

    This free 1 hour CPD webinar is designed to meet the IFoA’s Stage 3 Professional Skills Training under the IFoA’s CPD Scheme 2019/2020 and 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.

  • PHC Conference webinar: Cancer morbidity risk modelling – regional variation over time

    Webinar
    12 August 2020

    Spaces available

    Part of the Protection, Health and Care Conference 2020 webinar series

    Modelling the structure and trends of cancer morbidity risk is important for pricing and reserving in related health insurance fields such as critical illness insurance and care provision. We model the dynamics of cancer incidence over time in different regions in England, using 1981-2016 ONS data. The modelling allows estimation of cancer rates at various age, year, gender and region levels, following a Bayesian setting to account for statistical uncertainty. Our analysis indicates significant regional variation in cancer incidence rates. 

  • PHC Conference webinar: Learnings from our first climate-change related disclosures (TCFD)

    Webinar
    13 August 2020

    Spaces available

    Part of the Protection, Health and Care Conference 2020 webinar series

    In this talk we will outline the steps Aviva took in pulling together our first large-scale disclosures on the exposure of our business to climate change published in March 2019; in line with the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. After touching on why insurers have such an important role in climate change, we'll cover a brief “how-to” guide for those who have not yet embarked on thinking about these topics before giving a case study of how the learnings from a TCFD disclosure exercise can be applied to investment portfolios.

  • PHC Conference webinar: Can we manage Diabetes risk for healthier outcomes

    Webinar
    17 August 2020

    Spaces available

    Part of the Protection, Health and Care Conference 2020 webinar series

    The insurance industry currently underwrites customers with diabetes based on a range of factors, medical expertise and various medical studies. The work undertaken by the Diabetes Working Party would help the industry to approach this using current research findings to update and enhance how potential risk from diabetes is considered. This includes the need to understand the underwriting implications as treatments improve, and potentially to develop new products that are tailored to those with diabetes. This webinar will present our latest findings in the management of this important chronic condition which will include research in collaboration with the ARC. 

  • The new IFoA CPD scheme – What it means for you

    Webinar
    21 August 2020

    Fully booked.

    This event is now fully booked. To join the wait list, please register here.

    Get ready for the new CPD Scheme launching on 1 September. Join us for a discussion on what the new Scheme will look like in practice. There will be an opportunity to field questions to the IFoA Executive on how the Scheme’s requirements will affect you.

  • Asia Conference Webinar Series

    Webinars
    1 September 2020 - 24 September 2020

    Spaces available

    There will be a prestigious line-up of international speakers discussing the insurance and financial industry’s innovation and change in Asia.  The conference will take place throughout September via an online platform. The webinars consist of plenary speaking sessions and a series of workshop sessions including Life, GI, Data Science, Sustainability, Risk Management and Investment.

    This will be the perfect opportunity for you to discover,ask questions and be at the forefront of current and developing actuarial/financial topics and trends in Asia.

     

  • Webinar: Is banking so different to insurance? Comparing an ICAAP with an ORSA

    Webinar
    2 September 2020

    Spaces available

    In this webinar we will provide an insight into enterprise-wide risk management in banking, showing similarities to the world of insurance as well as identifying differences. Just as insurance companies have to submit an ORSA, so bank’s have to submit their own equivalent, the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process or ICAAP.

  • Personal and Professional Lifelong Learning – Supporting CPD Co-ordinators and Others

    Webinar
    23 September 2020

    Spaces available

    This free 90 minute webinar is designed to support the IFoA CPD Co-ordinators, and others, involved in supporting our members to achieve their CPD requirements. 

    The programme will include an overview of the new CPD Scheme; specifically sharing with you key messages to support you implement and embrace the new CPD Scheme for our members within your organisation and regional community; how to arrange a reflective practice discussion; and an interactive reflective practice discussion learning exercise.  In addition, delegates will gain information about accessing, and making the most of the IFoA event Toolkits which you can make use of to run your own in-house events and events for regional communities.