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The growing profile of health and care
30 September 2019
In the eighth of our series on the work of the IFoA’s Practice Area Boards, Nick Reilly, outgoing Chair, and Chris Reynolds, incoming Chair of the IFoA’s Health and Care Practice Area Board, round up a busy year for the Board.
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Commissioning Research in General Insurance
30 September 2019
Your help is needed to steer research!
As general insurance actuaries, we rely on fresh thinking to take on ever evolving challenges. The practitioner community has mentioned several themes regularly in various forms. How should we continue (or start) tackling them together in the next few years?
Launch of 2019/2020 Professional Skills Videos and related content
24 September 2019
The IFoA has published new online content to assist Members to fulfil their Stage 3 PST requirements for the 2019/2020 CPD year under the heading “A Trusted Profession”. This consists of 9 new professional skills videos, each with accompanying discussion videos and related content.
First impressions do count
24 September 2019
Stephen Redmond, lay Chair of the IFoA’s Disciplinary Board, reflects on how the IFoA’s disciplinary scheme review is a product of collective endeavour.
My first six months as the Chair of the IFoA’s Disciplinary Board have flown by. I have visited the three UK offices and had the pleasure of meeting many of the IFoA’s staff.
Join the Longevity Catalysts Member Interest Group (MIG)
23 September 2019
By definition, changes in the average human lifespan are realised slowly over time. It can be useful though to reclassify this emergence as the long term result of a series of various trigger events that have occurred at a single point in time. We define these events Longevity Catalysts. Examples of past catalysts could include:
Better serving members in finance and investment
20 September 2019
In the seventh of our series on the work of the IFoA’s volunteer-led Practice Boards, Dick Rae, Chair of the IFoA’s Finance and Investment Board, looks at how the Board are honing their outputs to reach and help members working in this area.
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Actuarial Monitoring Scheme: Thematic Review Programme launched
20 September 2019
Update to Members on the new AMS Thematic Review Programme
The IFoA has launched its Actuarial Monitoring Scheme (AMS) with the announcement of two thematic reviews.
Honorary Fellowships for Sir Steve Webb and Dr David Bellhouse
20 September 2019
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has confirmed the election of Sir Steve Webb and Dr David Bellhouse as Honorary Fellows.
Both Sir Steve and Dr Bellhouse were nominated by the IFoA’s Council. Their election was confirmed by an online members’ vote conducted over the summer.
Investigations under the Assessment Regulations – Appeals Process
19 September 2019
On Friday 13th September, the IFoA’s Board of Examiners issued their final outcomes on breaches of Assessment Regulations during the April 2019 examinations; on Tuesday 17th September, the IFoA issued a further update to the original notification, confirming that details, including the appeals process for breaches of Assessment Regulations cases, would be avai
The ARC, CIA and SOA launch innovative international pensions research
18 September 2019
This week we’re proud to announce the launch of an innovative, pensions-focused research paper from the Actuarial Research Centre (ARC), the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) and the Society of Actuaries (SOA).