Phil Jeynes looks at the customer journey when applying for protection insurance, and asks what can be learned from other industries while growing the market in the process
People looking to transfer their defined benefit (DB) pension schemes to defined contribution (DC) schemes need to understand the pros, cons and risks of the choices they make, warns the IFoA.
Insurers are more worried about what else regulators might have in store for them rather than how the incoming Solvency II capital rules might impact their business, a survey by actuarial consultants OAC found.
As actuaries we often have to derive mortality bases from portfolio experience data, but how certain are we of the results? Stephen Richards presents a method of quantifying this risk
In 20 years, the roles of life actuaries have altered vastly, reflecting changes in regulations, technical methods and the life insurance market itself. Chris OBrien and David Hughes outline the investigation by the IFoA working party to ask what the future holds
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has proposed raising the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) limit for annuities to cover 100% of the fund in the event of an insurer failure.
Insurers with large liability-hedging programmes should be thinking through the implications of gilt and swap yield movements in the event of a Yes vote for Scottish independence, actuaries Towers Watson warned.
