part-4

In the second of two articles, Jon Exley, Shyam Mehta, and Andrew Smith urge actuaries to take an enlightened view of new developments.

Simon Sheaf describes the intricacies of reserving under Solvency II for non-life insurers

Sonal Shah considers homophones — words with the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins and often different spellings

Amrita Pattni and Charchit Agrawal look at the issue of liquidity risk for insurers and the provisions made in the event of a major catastrophe

Tim Sacks outlines the results of a recent salary survey.

David Forfar looks at the history of actuarial practice in Scotland over the past few centuries.

Appointments and moves

Tony Silverman revisits the debate on compensation culture in the UK.