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Alan Watson obituary
6 April 2020
Alan was a larger-than-life character who was admired and respected by people in and outside the actuarial profession. Covid-19 and IFoA regulation: how it affects IFoA members
3 April 2020
We fully appreciate that the global coronavirus crisis means that members are managing huge disruption in their personal and professional lives.
We wanted to provide some reassurance about the approach the IFoA is taking to ensure members are able to meet their professional requirements:
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Covid-19 and our policy work
2 April 2020
The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak can be seen in almost every aspect of our working and personal lives. The IFoA is looking at how the profession can meaningfully contribute to the fight against COVID-19, and has set up a hub of information from IFoA members and other organisations, as well as a place for actuaries to discuss the impacts of the pandemic in more detail.
IFoA Covid-19 Working Party
1 April 2020
IFoA Working Party to focus on how Covid-19 will impact the work of actuaries
The Machine Learning Landscape
27 March 2020
Machine learning can often feel like a black box. What’s inside, and can you trust it? This article briefly covers six key groups of algorithms, discussing their key variants, strengths and weaknesses, and giving you the context – and confidence – to apply these algorithms in the field.
Join the Data Science MIG
27 March 2020
The Data Science MIG is seeking more members to write articles, get involved in events, Kaggle competitions and education. Or, if you would just like to learn more please register your interest through the Data Science MIG webpage.
There are five workstreams you can choose from: Collaboration, Education and Lifelong Learning, Membership, Regulation and Ethics and Research.
Modelling and Covid 19
26 March 2020
Louise Pryor, incoming President-elect at the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, discusses the use of models and their limitations.
There’s a lot of talk about models at the moment. Because COVID-19 is so new, we don’t have much else to go on – no actual experience, just some projections of what might happen. So it’s worth thinking about how much reliance we should place on models and what their limitations are.Scheme Actuaries: check your COVID-19 contingency plans
26 March 2020
IFoA Professional Standards require Scheme Actuaries to put in place appropriate arrangements to cover any period of absence. Read the blog from Mark Williams, IFoA Pensions Practice Board Chair, on how best to prepare for this eventuality while working in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Home working: Has your business thoroughly assessed the risk?
25 March 2020
Britain faces a new model of working due to the lockdown imposed by the Government due to COVID-19.
Visesh Gosrani, Chair of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Cyber Risk Working Party, and Stephanie Eybers, Infrastructure and Managed Services Consultant and Account Manager at Cynance/Transputec explore the risks insurers and employees.
The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus is growing as are the anxiety levels of businesses around the globe.
Scheme Actuaries: check your Covid-19 contingency plans
25 March 2020
Mark Williams, IFoA Pensions Practice Board Chair, on the necessity for pension scheme actuaries to plan for periods of absence.
Alan was a larger-than-life character who was admired and respected by people in and outside the actuarial profession. 
There’s a lot of talk about models at the moment. Because COVID-19 is so new, we don’t have much else to go on – no actual experience, just some projections of what might happen. So it’s worth thinking about how much reliance we should place on models and what their limitations are.Pages
Other actuary news
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FTSE 350 pension deficit turns to surplus amid COVID-19 turmoil
Added: Mon, 06/04/2020 - 13:44The accounting position of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes at the UK's 350 largest listed companies moved from a deficit to a surplus last month, research from Mercer has found. -
Spike in pension scams anticipated during COVID-19 outbreak
Added: Wed, 01/04/2020 - 15:10The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have today urged savers to not rush pension decisions as scammers try to take advantage of them during the COVID-19 outbreak. -
Coronavirus could be biggest-ever cyber security threat
Added: Wed, 01/04/2020 - 12:10The COVID-19 outbreak poses the greatest cyber security threat to businesses seen in recent times, according to the CEO of an identity authentication software company. -
Hundreds of millions face severe coronavirus risk in developed world
Added: Tue, 31/03/2020 - 18:11There are approximately 330 million people at risk of contracting a severe coronavirus infection due to underlying health conditions in nine of the world's largest economies. -
COVID-19: Actuaries issue call to arms
Added: Tue, 31/03/2020 - 14:45The COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group has called on actuaries who can volunteer at least 25% of their time to get in touch with the group to help the UK government respond to coronavirus. -
TPR updates coronavirus guidance
Added: Mon, 30/03/2020 - 15:05UK employers and trustees can delay pension funding payments under updated guidance published by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) in response to coronavirus. -
TPR updates coronavirus guidance
Added: Mon, 30/03/2020 - 15:05UK employers and trustees can delay pension funding payments under updated guidance published by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) in response to coronavirus. -
COVID-19 forum for actuaries launched
Added: Wed, 25/03/2020 - 13:12A forum for actuaries has been launched to help the profession come together and learn how best to respond to the deadly coronavirus sweeping the world. -
Travel insurers expect record payouts this year
Added: Wed, 25/03/2020 - 11:24UK travel insurers expect to pay a record £275m to customers this year as coronavirus grounds flights across the world, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has revealed. -
Grim economic forecasts announced as countries lockdown
Added: Tue, 24/03/2020 - 16:19A sharp recession is imminent in the vast majority of developed and emerging economies as the deadly coronavirus forces businesses to shut down across the world.