In the last part of our series on the IFoA’s programme addressing the future of the profession, Tan Suee Chieh, Nico Aspinall and Lucy Saye lay out its conclusions – and the part you can play
Ethical, varied and a growing market – ‘takaful’ Islamic insurance is worth knowing about, wherever you’re from and whatever your beliefs, says Ali Asghar Bhuriwala
It was only last year that the first anatomically correct female crash test dummy was created. With so much data still based on the male perspective, are we truly meeting all consumer needs? Adél Drew discusses her thoughts, based on the book Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
A familiar question for actuaries, student or qualified, is: ‘what does an actuary do?’. Friends, work colleagues, US immigration officers and non-executive directors alike have all asked me this at some point. We tend to develop our own responses – ‘insurance maths’, ‘financial projections’ and so on – to move the conversation along, but they probably aren’t great.
Starting our new series on soft skills in the workplace, Amy Jacobson argues that, for actuaries, emotional intelligence is as important as grey matter
With our pull on the planet’s resources, are we bold enough to embrace a circular economy? The potential benefits are not just material, argues Travis Elsum
