Careers

The IFoA Foundation, which is the independent charitable arm of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), is expanding its scholarship programme in China and South-East Asia (CSEA).

Vrishti Goel looks at the challenges facing organisations that want to consider ESG issues within their investments

Ciara Izuchukwu looks at how insurers are innovating to provide more personalised products to customers – and why this is so important

Yiannis Parizas and Nefeli Pamballi explore what it takes for an actuary to become CEO of an insurance organisation

Adeetya Tantia considers the rising need for cryptocurrency insurance

Bradley Shearer and Jane Barrett on building a satisfying career throughout your working life

How can we be more supportive of neurodivergent employees in the workplace? Chika Aghadiuno explains

Tessa McAuliffe shares how then IFoA’s Careers Team is looking to support graduate careers during the COVID-19 pandemic – and into the future

What is social capital, and how can we maintain it if we are working from home? Geoff Trickey explains

What new skills have you developed recently? Our professional development arguably begins only after qualifying as an actuary – not because the exams aren’t useful (I for one couldn’t do my job without having learnt the required minimum), but because making a career that is right for us requires us to negotiate our own particular challenges and learn skills that have not yet made it into the standard syllabus.