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The IFoA Guide to Party Conference
18 October 2019
Throughout September and October members of the IFoA executive team have attended the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Scottish National Party conferences - representing the actuarial profession in a whirlwind of networking events and panel discussions with businesses, think tanks, politicians and Government and opposition ministers.
Cyber Quarterly
17 October 2019
Cyber attacks remain active throughout the third quarter of 2019, with data breaches being the flavour of the quarter.
An outsider has gained unauthorised access to Captital One, a top 10 bank in the US, leading to a breach that potentially affects 100 million people in the US and another 6 million people in Canada. Similarly, approximately 4.9 million user accounts of DoorDash, the Palo Alto on-demand food delivery technology unicorn, were breached this quarter.
GI Outstanding Achievement Award Winner 2019
15 October 2019
Congratulations to Michael Tripp who won the GI Outstanding Achievement Award, an award given for their contribution to the Profession.
Michael is currently a member of IFOA council, former Chair of GI Board, former Chair of MAID workstream and instrumental to establishment and successful execution of MAID, key sponsor of GI research reform/restructure, member of various working parties over period of time.
Queen's Speech 2019 – What’s in it, and what’s missing?
15 October 2019
In this blog, IFoA Public Affairs Manager, Mike Williams, assesses the Queen’s speech and its relevance to the IFoA’s policy priorities.
We value your opinion so please have your say! Help us increase member value for the Risk Community
15 October 2019
The Risk Management Board would be grateful if you could spare five minutes to complete this short survey. This will help the Board drive forward engagement which is one of their key areas of focus over the next two years and offer significant member value to the IFoA Risk community. Complete the survey
Prevention is better than the cure
14 October 2019
In this blog, the IFoA’s Immediate Past President Jules Constantinou considers the importance of a preventative approach to health and care.
Cross-practice Sessional Research Event: Practical guides to climate change for insurance practitioners
11 October 2019
Upcoming Sessional Event: 18 November 2019 at 5pm, Staple Inn Hall (Holborn, London)
Article: Fitting data with XGBoost
11 October 2019
Author: Alex Labram
Next in the series of articles on Data Science. Find all articles and further information on the Data Science MIG page.
‘One sometimes finds what one is not looking for.’
8 October 2019
In this blog, Matthew Edwards, Chair of the Antibiotic Resistance Working Party, discusses the discovery of things unlooked for.
RSS and IFoA publish new ethical guidance in data science
7 October 2019
An introduction from John Taylor, President of the IFoA
Both the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) believe that the emergence of data science – the analysis of large, unstructured datasets often drawing on new kinds of data sources – is an important development.