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Sessional Research Event – Hot Topics in Health and Care – 17 September
10 August 2018
Join Chair Scott Reid, Zurich, to hear about latest hot topics in the Health and Care sector, on 17 September at Staple Inn Hall in London.
Speakers:
- Adele Groyer and Ross Campbell: Digital technology and disability claims
- Gordon Woo: Age-dependence of 1918 pandemic mortality
- Tim Eppert: Long Term Care Reform in Germany - At long last
Find out more and book this event.
Workshop for Chief Actuaries and Senior Life Actuaries – 4 October
10 August 2018
This session, taking place on 4 October at Staple Inn Hall in London, is aimed at senior actuaries working in life insurance - predominantly Chief Actuaries, but also Reviewing Actuaries and others working in risk and financial reporting.
The session is intended to give participants a briefing on current and upcoming considerations for year-end reporting and we are aiming to make it as interactive as possible in order to maximise sharing of perspectives and ideas across the group.
Risks faced by insurance consumers and practical considerations for insurers to improve risk metrics
10 August 2018
In well-developed insurance markets, consumers are presented with a vast array of insurance products. Many transactions are completed without advice, often through online purchase.
CPD Opportunities for Pension Actuaries
9 August 2018
Calling all Pension actuaries; to get involved in some exciting opportunities at the IFoA to develop interesting CPD and generate new research for the wider membership.
Currently we are recruiting for the following volunteer roles:
CPD Opportunities for Finance and Investment Actuaries
9 August 2018
Calling all Finance and Investment actuaries; to get involved in some exciting opportunities at the IFoA to develop interesting CPD and generate new research for the wider membership.
Currently we are recruiting for the following volunteer roles:
40 years and counting
8 August 2018
Catherine Burtle, Senior Policy Analyst at the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, on thinking about pensions before they’re cool…
Essential actuarial survival skills
7 August 2018
In this blog, Chloe Hung, Amazon best-selling author, describes some essential skills required to become an actuary.
During the journey to becoming an actuary, many students tend to focus on the academic aspect. But while passing the actuarial exams are important, these only make up a small part of your entire actuarial journey.
Climate change: What gets measured, gets managed…
3 August 2018
Faye Alessandrello, Policy Manager at the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, talks about the importance of understanding and disclosing exposure to climate risk.
Congratulations to all our qualifiers
3 August 2018
The IFoA congratulates everyone listed below on their new status as Fellows, Associates and Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuaries. To recognise your success your names have been published in today’s copy of The Times newspaper. Well done; we look forward to hearing more from you during your career and as you help to shape the future of the actuarial profession.
The IFoA ensures the professionalism of our members remains world-class and is reflected in the value that is attributed to their expertise.
Solvency II Working Party – Reporting/Pillar III Market Survey – Complete the Survey by 19 August
1 August 2018
This year the Solvency II Working Party is focussing on Pillar III and Regulatory Reporting issues affecting the market, following on from last year's overview. This survey gives you the chance to express your views on Pillar III or Solvency II, and other aspects of regulatory reporting, from a practical perspective.
The purpose of the survey is to gather relevant, useful and constructive information to the PRA and the wider market on practical issues.
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Five-fold uptake in medical wearables recorded since 2014
Added: Thu, 23/08/2018 - 18:10There are five times as many people using wearable devices to monitor their health in England today than there were back in 2014, new research has found. -
One insurance scam detected every minute in the UK
Added: Thu, 23/08/2018 - 12:35More than half a million insurance frauds took place in the UK last year, amounting to one scam every minute, analysis from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) reveals. -
MP Nicky Morgan heaps praise on IFoA's female mentoring scheme
Added: Wed, 22/08/2018 - 17:55A first-of-its-kind mentoring scheme designed to boost female representation among actuaries has received high praise from former secretary of state Nicky Morgan. -
Third of top non-life insurers see Brexit as a 'key risk' to solvency
Added: Wed, 22/08/2018 - 13:20Almost all of the UK and Ireland's 100 largest non-life insurers hold enough capital to meet their Solvency II requirements, but one-third see Brexit as a key risk to this. -
Financial services sector lags behind all others for TCFD reporting
Added: Tue, 21/08/2018 - 18:38Companies in the financial services sector are the least committed signatories to the Task Force on Climate-related Disclosures (TCFD), new research has found. -
InsurTech-based premiums to more than double in the next five years
Added: Tue, 21/08/2018 - 13:45Emerging insurance technology will help generate over $400bn (£312bn) worth of premiums worldwide by 2023, more than double the estimated $187bn today.