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The Actuary Readership survey 2018

Open-access content Monday 4th February 2019 — updated 5.50pm, Wednesday 29th April 2020

At the end of 2018, The Actuary published its biannual readership survey.

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At the end of 2018, The Actuary published its biannual readership survey. Over 1,800 members took part, and the results are now in. We would like to thank everyone who took part - your feedback is highly valuable and necessary to gauge and improve our brand and our development.

91% of you feel the design is of a good to excellent standard

67% of readers believe that comment and opinion in the magazine is meeting their needs

53% of you have visited the IFoA website as a result of reading the magazine

89% of readers have a good to excellent overall impression of the magazine

82% of you would like to receive an e-newsletter each week

58% believe The Actuary contains information that helps to further their career.

This article appeared in our February 2019 issue of The Actuary .
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