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December 2021
Ringing the changes on skillset requirements

Ringing the changes on skillset requirements

Huw Morris explores how technology is changing the professions – and the skills that will be needed to embrace this new era
December 2021
Your opportunity to shape IFoA membership

Your opportunity to shape IFoA membership

The 2021 member survey closes on 12 December. This is your chance to tell us what matters to you, so please do take the time to respond.
December 2021

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Rising to the COP26 challenge

Rising to the COP26 challenge

The COP26 climate summit achieved more than some expected, but less than was required. Chris Seekings reports on the challenges and opportunities for the actuarial profession
December 2021
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Jorgan Randers: An end to growth

Jørgen Randers: An end to growth?

Professor Jørgen Randers talks to Chris Seekings almost 50 years after the publication of his report The Limits to Growth, and outlines what we can expect for the world during the next half-century
December 2021
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Cutting the bias: Modelling the impact of Covid-19

Cutting the bias: Modelling the impact of Covid-19

Stephen Richards demonstrates how to model the impact of COVID-19 on portfolio mortality experience
December 2021
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What’s in the box? Useful findings on black box models

What’s in the box? Useful findings on black box models

Laurent Dupont shares the lessons of a recent TechSprint concerning the explainability of ‘black box’ models
December 2021
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Rated 0: Getting ready for Ogden changes

Rated 0: Getting ready for Ogden changes

Mohammad Khan, Francisco Sebastian and Andrew Corner share the Ogden Discount Rate Working Party’s findings on a potential new rate, and whether the insurance sector is prepared for one
December 2021
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Lessons learnt from long-term care insurance in Israel

Lessons learnt from long-term care insurance in Israel

Amiad Ben-Meir and David Zaray-Mizrahi set out the successes and failures of long-term care insurance in Israel, and the lessons learnt by the country’s insurance sector along the way
December 2021
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Rated 0: Getting ready for Ogden changes

Rated 0: Getting ready for Ogden changes

Mohammad Khan, Francisco Sebastian and Andrew Corner share the Ogden Discount Rate Working Party’s findings on a potential new rate, and whether the insurance sector is prepared for one
Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Under the microscope: Financial regulation in small states

Under the microscope: Financial regulation in small states

Servaas Houben and Ronald Ketellapper explore the challenges of financial supervision in small countries, looking in particular at Curaçao
Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Considering the concept of exclusion-free insurance

Considering the concept of exclusion-free insurance

Richard Hartigan discusses the possibility of an insurance policy without exclusions
Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Lessons learnt from long-term care insurance in Israel

Lessons learnt from long-term care insurance in Israel

Amiad Ben-Meir and David Zaray-Mizrahi set out the successes and failures of long-term care insurance in Israel, and the lessons learnt by the country’s insurance sector along the way
Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Regulations set to lead to pension trustee shortage

Regulations set to lead to pension trustee shortage

More than three-quarters of UK employers expect pension trustees to consider retiring due to an onslaught of regulatory and legislative change, research by the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has uncovered.
Monday 22nd November 2021
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One-third of UK pension schemes to set climate risk targets

One-third of UK pension schemes to set climate risk targets

A third of UK pension schemes have set, or are in the process of setting, targets to reduce their exposure to climate-related risks, but a similar proportion do not plan on doing so themselves.
Wednesday 17th November 2021
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Huge increase in pension schemes with over £1bn

Huge increase in pension schemes with over £1bn

There has been a 90% increase in the number of UK pension schemes with over £1bn in assets since 2013, research by Barnett Waddingham has uncovered.
Wednesday 10th November 2021
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Direction of travel for defined benefit schemes

Those running defined benefit schemes need to determine their end-goals – and how they will get there, says Costas Yiasoumi
Wednesday 3rd November 2021
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Regulation Standards

Under the microscope: Financial regulation in small states

Under the microscope: Financial regulation in small states

Servaas Houben and Ronald Ketellapper explore the challenges of financial supervision in small countries, looking in particular at Curaçao
Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Regulations set to lead to pension trustee shortage

Regulations set to lead to pension trustee shortage

More than three-quarters of UK employers expect pension trustees to consider retiring due to an onslaught of regulatory and legislative change, research by the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has uncovered.
Monday 22nd November 2021
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Sid Malik: Outward bound

Sid Malik talks to Dan Georgescu about the wide-ranging and boundary-bridging actuarial roles carried out at the Prudential Regulation Authority, as well as the pressing issues it is currently tackling
Wednesday 3rd November 2021
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UK government outlines new sustainability disclosure rules

UK government outlines new sustainability disclosure rules

Pension schemes and asset managers will have to start disclosing their environmental impact under new reporting rules outlined by the UK government this week.
Wednesday 20th October 2021
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What’s in the box? Useful findings on black box models

What’s in the box? Useful findings on black box models

Laurent Dupont shares the lessons of a recent TechSprint concerning the explainability of ‘black box’ models
Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Unfamiliar territory for artifical intelligence-related risk

Unfamiliar territory for artificial intelligence-related risk

Artificial intelligence-related risk differs from traditional model risk, explain Andrew Morgan, Valerie du Preez and Natasha Naidoo –how can we get to grips with it?
Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Caught on camera: how data can help preserve biodiversity

Olga Mierzwa-Sulima, Robin Whytock and Jdrzej wieewski share their experience of building a machine learning algorithm that helps track biodiversity in Gabon’s tropical forests
Wednesday 3rd November 2021
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Boxing clever: novel thinking behind parametric products

Alin Radu, Laurent Sabatié and Davide De Santis discuss insurers’ use of novel data sources and structures to create innovative parametric products
Wednesday 6th October 2021
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