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A better CPD scheme
7 April 2020
Neil Buckley, Chair of Regulation Board, blogs on some of the issues raised by the IFoA proposals for a new CPD Scheme.
How are the proposals better than the current arrangements?
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
Author: Alex Labram
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.
Next in the series of articles on Data Science. Find all articles and further information on the Data Science MIG page.
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.