General Features

Travis Elsum assesses the financial consequences of biodiversity loss

Four actuaries working in insurance, regulation and consulting discuss how and why actuaries must act on climate change

Louise Pryor and Nick Spencer discuss the IFoA’s recent progress on climate-related risk and their work as co-chairs of the Climate-Related Risk Taskforce

Matt Roberts-Sklar and Sheila Torrance explain why there is increased attention on liquidity risk from margin calls

Iain Allan talks to Chris Seekings and Mahidhara Davangere about his unconventional career path, and the exciting opportunities awaiting actuaries in the banking world

Adele Groyer and John O’Brien assess the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on claims in 2020, and how this might play out

Tim Boonen discusses the pitfalls of the Euler rule for capital allocation and proposes an alternative

Sam Wilkin examines the geopolitical impacts of COVID-19, and suggests how relevant stress testing scenarios may be constructed

John Ng and Melanie Zhang discuss how they analysed Twitter sentiment relating to COVID-19 and insurance – and how insurers could use such analysis

New research reveals the need for improved pension trustee decision making, says Peter Ayton