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IFoA publish updated Directory of Opportunities
8 October 2018
We have updated the IFoA Directory of Opportunities to reflect changes to the IFoA’s governance structure.
The redesigned Directory of Opportunities provides an overview of the governance structure and highlights the many ways you can get
involved. The directory is a helpful resource for existing volunteers and members interested in volunteering.‘Acting in the public interest’. A complex and difficult topic to define and complicated to implement.
8 October 2018
A lot of the IFoA’s energy goes into educating and regulating members. This is executed exceptionally well by our quality staff and enthusiastic volunteers, but I want to focus on the IFoA’s influence on policy and public debate. Three years ago, when I joined the Life Board, we would receive a consultation of some form – late. We’d have a week to catch-up and produce something of sufficient quality to at least respond. Thanks to the work of the IFoA Policy staff, and the Life Standards and Consultations Committee, we then got into a position of getting the consultations when they were
Health and Care Networking Event - Using Predictive Analytics to Improve Health Care Demand Forecast
4 October 2018
The IFoA will host a networking event on 28 November at Staple Inn Hall, London.
Speaker Lisa Altmann-Richer will draw on the latest developments in machine learning and big data to present a framework for how predictive analytics could be used to help improve the forecasting of demand for health care services.
International update from Pension's Board
3 October 2018
Malaysia: A new set of mortality tables has recently been published – M1115, based on the study of Malaysian assured lives from 2011 to 2015. The defined benefit market is not very large (besides the civil servants pension fund, which is). Private sector defined benefit (DB) plans that do exist typically pay lump sums at retirement, so this change will not be expected to materially affect retirement scheme liabilities.
Sessional Research Event: Improving the Success of InsurTech Opportunities
3 October 2018
The Risk Management in a Digital World Working Party will present their report and findings at the Sessional Research event on 22 October in Edinburgh, and will use the opportunity to launch their “Guide for Risk Considerations During the Innovation Journey”, in order to support the further development of risk considerations in decision making throughout the InsurTech investment process.
Opportunities to volunteer in the Risk Management practice area
2 October 2018
We are currently recruiting for the following volunteer roles:
- Risk Management Actuarial CRO Group - Deputy Chair
- Risk Management - GDPR Working Party - members
- Risk Management - Wider Fields Group - members
- Risk Management in a Digital World Working Party - members
For full details of these roles please view the volunteer vacancies webpage or contact Debbie Atkins, Head of Engagement.
World Benchmarking Alliance launch
26 September 2018
The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) aims to help business measure progress against the United Nations’ (UN)’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by developing free, publically available benchmarks which will rank companies on their contributions to achieving the SDGs.
Hothouse Earth – climate tipping points
26 September 2018
One of the key concerns with climate change, is the risk of non-linear irreversible climate tipping points, which could lead onto more significant climate change.
This paper explores at what temperature these tipping points may occur, concluding that a 2°C temperature rise may well break the upper safe limit.
Climate change – an inevitable policy response (IPR)?
26 September 2018
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) have launched a paper which considers the various potential drivers of an Intellectual Property Right (IPR).
This paper further considers when the IPR could occur, what policy and technology pathways it might take, and how these pathways would affect the macroeconomy and risk-returns of financial assets.
The PRI states that an IPR is possible at almost any time in the near to medium term.
Climate-related risk in Singapore
26 September 2018
Jesper Pan, Deputy Director of the Insurance Department at Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) spoke about Sustainable Insurance at a CPD event in Singapore.
He spoke about the impact of climate-related risk in Singapore and of natural catastrophes in South-East Asia. He also shared MAS’ action plan in relation to physical, transition and liability risk and the role of actuaries.
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Other actuary news
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Technology 'tightening its grip' on insurance as Brits shun the human touch
Added: Thu, 11/10/2018 - 17:00There are now more people that would choose to make their insurance claims online rather than deal with a human being, a poll of over 2,000 UK adults has found. -
IAS 19 failing to provide enough clarity around pension scheme funding
Added: Wed, 10/10/2018 - 13:50The IAS 19 accounting standard is falling short in providing enough clarity around pension scheme funding requirements and risk, research from Lincoln Pensions has found. -
UK's financial sector told not to expect 'bonfire of red tape' post-Brexit
Added: Tue, 09/10/2018 - 18:12Financial regulation in the UK will get stricter after the country leaves the EU whether a Brexit deal is agreed or not, accounting giant KPMG has predicted. -
New regulations from the FCA to shake up pension transfer market
Added: Tue, 09/10/2018 - 15:00UK savers can expect significant changes to the advice they get when transferring out of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes thanks to new rules introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) last week. -
Asset managers urged to prepare for growing scrutiny of individual conduct
Added: Fri, 05/10/2018 - 15:15The UK's £7.7trn asset management sector must step up investment in trade surveillance if it is to comply with growing regulatory scrutiny of individual conduct, KPMG has warned. -
MiFID II considered a greater challenge than Brexit
Added: Wed, 03/10/2018 - 16:20The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) is considered the second biggest challenge facing financial advisers in the UK, greater than Brexit, cyber security, and macroeconomic risks. -
Six-fold increase in RegTech spending forecast by 2023
Added: Wed, 03/10/2018 - 16:00Regulatory technology investment is set to explode over the next few years, with spending forecast to jump six-fold by 2023 as firms encounter a growing number of compliancy challenges. -
Insurers and banks prevent eight in ten cyber attacks so far this year
Added: Tue, 02/10/2018 - 12:57Insurance companies and banks have significantly improved their resilience to cyber attacks this year, with approximately eight in ten breaches successfully thwarted worldwide. -
Optimism in UK's financial services sector plummets as Brexit looms large
Added: Mon, 01/10/2018 - 15:21The UK's financial services sector reported a sharp decline in optimism over the last three months, with sentiment deteriorating in all but one quarter since the start of 2016. -
New law for pension master trusts comes into force
Added: Mon, 01/10/2018 - 12:08All master trust schemes will have apply for authorisation through The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to prove they meet tough minimum standards under a new law that comes into force today.