The Actuarial Profession is looking to provide a bridge between companies and academia by encouraging participation in MSc projects to investigate industry issues. Here Andy Cox and Woojin Oh discuss their experiences as employer and student respectively.
The governments latest offer on public sector pension reform is unlikely to save money over the longer term, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Dr Yan Liu tracks the exponential growth of the Chinese economy and insurance sector in the last three decades and considers what this means for actuaries practising in China
Question marks over who will foot the rising bill for flood protection are fuelling uncertainty over the future availability and affordability of insurance cover for buildings in areas at risk of flooding, MPs said today.
Over 70% of larger employers havent completed plans for pensions auto-enrolment with only nine months to go before the system begins to be put into operation, according to research by Clear Path Analysis.
Reaching agreement with government on flood insurance and getting Solvency II over the finishing line are among the top priorities for the Association of British Insurers in 2012, director general Otto Thoreson said yesterday.
Insurance rates for business with exposure to natural catastrophe risk and supply chain perils are set to continue increasing across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) this year, Marsh said today.
Auto-enrolment into private sector pension schemes will not be fully introduced until 2018, under a revised timetable published by the Department for Work and Pensions today.
