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Career outlook and demand for actuaries
10 July 2018
In this blog, Chloe Hung, Amazon best-selling author, reveals in her opinion, the career outlook for actuaries and why they're in demand.
Actuarial science is consistently ranked as one of the top professions to venture into. Despite it being a top-ranking profession, the actuarial industry is a small industry and the number of students pursuing actuarial science has been increasing rapidly over the years. This makes competition within the actuarial job market stiffer each year.
Big data, big health, big impact
9 July 2018
In this blog, Jules Constantinou, IFoA President, discusses the use of actuarial science to assess risk and evaluate longevity improvement.
GI Asia International Working Party – Why I Joined
3 July 2018
The GI Asia International Working Party provides a forum for GI actuaries to discuss local and international GI issues impacting members in the region, as well as the opportunity to further research in specific regional issues.
In this blog Nicholas Chee Lek Yeo explains why he joined the working party and what he hopes the working party will achieve.
IFoA MAID working Party to become Data Science MIG
3 July 2018
Having achieved its objectives, the IFoA’s Modelling, Analytics and Insights from Data (MAID) Working Party is disbanding and a new Data Science Member Interest Group (MIG) will be formed.
With the practical application of data science moving from the frontiers to the mainstream of the profession, it is essential that actuaries keep pace with advances in technology and methodology, ensuring the profession remains relevant and fit for the future.
Where can you work as an actuary?
3 July 2018
In this blog, Chloe Hung, Amazon best-selling author, talks about some of the traditional to new industries you could work in as an actuary.
As a student wanting to become an actuary you have a wide selection of career choices after graduation. Most students end up working within the insurance industry as the largest practice area the IFoA’s membership works within. However, with the emergence of new areas of businesses actuaries work in and the change in actuarial roles, I’m sure we’ll see this shift.
Pensions LinkedIN group
2 July 2018
Join the LinkedIN group to keep abreast of latest Pension news and activities. Debate and discuss Pension related issues.
Opportunity to volunteer on the Health and Care Lifelong Learning Sub-committee
29 June 2018
The Health and Care Lifelong Learning Sub-committee is seeking to recruit up to two members. The sub-committee are seeking to balance their membership and therefore wish to recruit one member with a PMI background and one member who works for a direct insurer.
Update from the Diabetes Working Party
29 June 2018
The IFoA Diabetes Working Party was formed in February 2018 with an overall aim of developing a mortality table at a granular level for those with diabetes. Diabetes is a leading global cause of morbidity and premature mortality and therefore understanding this condition in terms of prevalence and mortality risk is clearly significant for insurers and actuaries.
Networking Event - Future of Insurance in a Changing World
29 June 2018
The IFoA invites you to a networking event on 18 October at Staple Inn Hall, London.
The rapid convergence of the skilled human with the intelligent machine is changing business models and transforming the playing field at breath-taking speed. It is no longer a question of “what if” but rather one of “so how”. In 2016 the futures based documentary, The Incredible Curious Adventure, explored how South African insurers were attempting to answer this challenge.
Networking Event - Using Predictive Analytics to Improve Health Care Demand Forecast
29 June 2018
The IFoA invites you to a networking event on 28 November at Staple Inn Hall, London.
This session 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.