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News - April 2012

Chinese Actuarial Network hosts longevity risk forum
Bank of England opens its doors to the Worshipful Company
Pension scheme liabilities 'unchanged in March'
Insurance deal for older people comes into force
Actuarial couple tackle cycling and crochet charity challenge
DB pension payouts to peak in 2012, says DWP
Ships logs 'solve' Titanic mystery
Webb goes public with 'defined ambition' plans
OAC actuaries set out on charity trail to raise Macmillan funds
Government must end pensions tinkering, says Mercer
Learn lessons from 2011 catastrophes, says Marsh
'Slight increase' in US firms using ERM
David Hare to become the Profession's President-elect
Record Q1 activity in ILS market, says Aon Benfield
Leicester event aims to build actuary-academia links
Fico Model Centre 'could half analytic model times'
Global Takaful contributions up 19% in 2010
UK GI market outlook stable, says Moody's
Marine insurance market in flux, says Willis
UK variable annuity sales top £1bn in 2011
End or reduce use of QE, says Barnett Waddingham
ACA slams 'burdensome' lobbying register plans
IoD figures reveal 'crisis of confidence' in pensions
FRC launches raft of code and standards consultations
WMITA completes first council pension scheme buy-in
Pension regulations put under Red Tape spotlight
Hinton St George tops life expectancy league table
65-year-olds 'can expect nine more healthy life years'
ABI calls for 'radical action' to tackle whiplash claims
Eurozone crisis 'offers mixed picture' for risk transfer
Banks must take action on risk management, says Sants
FTSE Global 100 pension deficit hits €300bn
Ken Ayers MBE receives actuaries' award of honour
TLPIs 'should not be promoted to most UK investors'
PIC insures Mercers' Company pension scheme
79% of Islamic finance bodies set up risk departments
Hacking on the increase, says PwC
Struggling schemes 'will get breathing space to fill deficits'
Pensions funding statement: reaction and responses
FSA tightens up rules for pension TVAs
European regulation must strike balance, says FSA chair
ERM reviews needed to address innovation risks, says WEF
Half of over 50s 'will have to save more and work longer'
Towers Watson launches DC pension app
Global firms must stay on top of risk, says Aon
Hedge funds 'outperform traditional asset classes'
Fuel poverty fears strike European power companies
Singapore university accredited by the Profession
DB schemes should make £200bn switch, says Aon
Asia-Pacific insurers 'have work to do on ERM'
London market actuaries get modelling lesson from LCP
Improvement continues in PPF 7800 deficit
Mixed response to 'defined ambition' plans
GMP equalisation 'could cost schemes £2bn'
Industry lines up to criticise GMP equalisation plans
Swinney 'dismayed' over UK public sector pension plans
JLT sets out path to better DC scheme governance
Cultural factors key issue for risk management, says Aon
AIR adds supply chain to catastrophe risk solution
FSA to consider revising projection rates downwards
Global reinsurer capital down 3%, says Aon Benfield
Being an actuary 'the second best job in 2012'
£54bn council pension deficit 'a ticking time bomb'
Risk management 'essential' for $100bn Arctic investment
Pension schemes 'unprepared for de-risking opportunities'
'Significant improvement' in university scheme funding levels
Shepherd to lead PwC actuarial systems and modelling flock
Governments must address longevity risk, says IMF
EIOPA pushes for best practice on variable annuities

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