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How IFoA volunteers create our outputs
16 January 2020
The IFoA is always trying to create an impact, influencing the public, policy-makers and the industries actuaries work in. We couldn’t do that without members like you driving our programme of reports, research, and guidance.
It’s no exaggeration to say that everything the IFoA does is driven by volunteers – working in partnership with our executive staff.
To show how this happens, we asked IFoA Senior Policy Analyst, Catherine Burtle, to tell us about a recent high-profile policy project, run as a partnership between volunteers and the IFoA executive.
Congratulations to all our qualifiers
13 January 2020
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) congratulate everyone listed below on their new status as Fellows, Associates and Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuaries. This notice publicly recognises the many hours of hard work that it takes to reach this significant academic and professional achievement.
Well done; we look forward to hearing more from you during your career and as you help to shape the future of the actuarial profession.
Do you 'really' understand your aggregate exposure to Cyber Risk?
10 January 2020
Visesh Gosrani, Chair of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Cyber Risk Working Party, explains why insurers need to ensure that they have effectively assessed their exposure to cyber perils within their existing non-cyber policies, and how the framework developed by the Working Party can help them achieve this.Do you want to help shape the education of future H&C actuaries?
6 January 2020
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries’ (IFoA’s) Engagement and Learning Directorate are seeking to hear from applicants who would like to be considered for the position ofModule Lead for the Health and Care examining teams.
Cyber Risk Working Party - update
31 December 2019
The Chair of the Cyber Risk Investigation Working Party, Visesh Gosrani, presented the framework that the Working Party had developed in order to provide companies to assess their exposure to Non Affirmative Cyber risk.
The presentation highlighted the challenges that insurance companies would face upon commencing the exercise but focused on the need to scope out what might sensible objectives for initial exercises and that it was important to make this start.
Member of the Risk Management Board, shares his thoughts
31 December 2019
Paul Harwood, member of the Risk Management Board will share his thoughts in a series of articles in the new article section of the Risk Management practice area webpages ". Read his first article on "The benefits of perverse outcomes".
Results of the Risk Community Membership Survey
31 December 2019
Results from the recent Risk community member survey is out!! Read what your fellow members had to say about how the Risk Management Board can engage you more effectively!
The Value of With-Profits for Consumers Working Party – Update as at December 2019
19 December 2019
The Value of With-Profits for Consumers Working Party have published their final report, detailing the findings from their third phase of research, which can be found on the IFoA Life Working Parties’ webpage alongside previous reports and presentations.
2019 Regulatory Round-up
19 December 2019
2019 Regulatory Round-up – a recap of this year's regulatory news
Welcome to our roundup of the key regulatory news from 2019, bringing you up to speed on important changes to the Standards Framework of the IFoA as well as any regulatory initiatives that you might have missed over the course of the year.
Join the Health and Care LinkedIn Group for updates from the board
18 December 2019
The Health and Care practice area has a members group on LinkedIn to share topics and articles of interest, and it can be accessed using the link below.
The group can be used to facilitate discussions on a wide range of topics, and the practice board will be using the group to share details of thier work in 2020. Please do consider joining.
Request to join the Health and Care Practice Area IFoA group.
Visesh Gosrani, Chair of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Cyber Risk Working Party, explains why insurers need to ensure that they have effectively assessed their exposure to cyber perils within their existing non-cyber policies, and how the framework developed by the Working Party can help them achieve this.Pages
Other actuary news
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Actuaries call for auto-enrolment reform timetable
Added: Thu, 16/01/2020 - 13:33The UK government must set out a timetable for automatic enrolment (AE) pension reforms over this parliament, the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has said. -
Almost half of US and UK firms expect recession in 2020
Added: Thu, 16/01/2020 - 11:16Just under half of US and UK firms expect their country to go into recession this year, although Chinese companies predict solid growth, a global survey of senior executives has uncovered. -
WEF publishes top 2020 global risks
Added: Wed, 15/01/2020 - 15:24The top five long-term risks facing countries over the next decade are all linked to the environment, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned today. -
UK could have £37bn in unclaimed pensions
Added: Wed, 15/01/2020 - 15:16Nearly a quarter of UK adults below the age of 55 may have lost track of at least one of their pensions, equating to a huge £37bn in unclaimed retirement savings. -
Climate change to trigger 'fundamental reshaping of finance' BlackRock
Added: Tue, 14/01/2020 - 15:02BlackRock the world's largest asset manager has today warned that climate change will trigger a fundamental reshaping of finance, with a substantial capital reallocation imminent. -
China opens up to foreign life insurers
Added: Wed, 08/01/2020 - 11:42The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) has this year increased the country's foreign ownership limit for life insurers from 51% to 100%. -
Environmental regulations a 'tick-box exercise' for UK pension schemes
Added: Tue, 07/01/2020 - 15:38UK pension schemes are treating new environmental, social and governance (ESG) rules as a tick-box exercise, the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has warned. -
Service sector optimism hits 15-month high
Added: Mon, 06/01/2020 - 14:14The UK's services sector is more optimistic than at any point since September 2018 following the general election and prospect of relative political stability. -
ESG now top priority for millennial investors
Added: Fri, 03/01/2020 - 09:30Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are now the top priority for millennial investors worldwide, research from the deVere Group has uncovered. -
Bulk annuity market to return to 'normal' levels in 2020
Added: Thu, 02/01/2020 - 13:30The UK's bulk annuity market will return to 'normal' levels this year, with £30bn of deals likely over the next 12 months, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has predicted.