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Dealing with monkey business

Happy new year from Jessica Elkin and, she says, while the future looks bright for actuaries, it’s always worth planning for a worse-case scenario
Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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It's a fair COP

It will be interesting to explore what the end of the fossil-fuel era will mean for business and financial services
Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Climate change

Climate change: A measured approach

Nico Aspinall, chair of the IFoA Resource and Environment Board, talks to Cintia Cheong about raising the profile of the actuarial profession and what actuaries can do in the context of climate change
Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Prevention is better than cure

Joseph Lu considers the risk of pandemics and whether actuaries can go beyond just modelling financial losses towards working on prevention
Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Takaful at a crossroads

The recent growth of the takaful model is impressive, says Zainal Abidin Mohd Kassim but this is in danger of being restricted by a general lack of understanding of the product
Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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An inside job

Andy Cox goes inside an internal audit department and is surprised by what he finds – a job and some tips on dealing with your internal auditor
Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Social security in a new climate

Simon Brimblecombe looks at the role of social security in helping to deal with the effects of climate change around the world
Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Braving uncharted waters

Lady Susan Rice, a global leader in the banking industry, talks to Richard Purcell and Stephen Hyams about emerging risks, encouraging sustainability in business, and jumping into the unknown
Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Public data for the private sector

Joseph Lu says public data provision will help actuaries to provide better solutions
Monday 1st February 2016
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Dear Agony actuary

Agony actuary: Rumour has it
Friday 22nd January 2016
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