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Charles Cowling, chair of the Qualification Task and Finish Group, explains the Chartered Actuary proposal, and Marjorie Ngwenya, president of the IFoA, answers your frequently asked questions

The UK government is to increase the Ogden discount rate to counteract the 2017 reduction, which caused motor insurance and reinsurance premiums to rise significantly. Mohammad Khan, Sundip Mistry and Andrew Corner explore how uncertainty around this change affects insurers

Paul Huber and Nick Kinrade explain how risk margins used in Solvency II and IFRS 17 should be understood and calibrated

Jackie Li and Leonie Tickle discuss recent research results on measuring basis risk and hedge effectiveness in longevity risk transfer for pension plans

Claire Jones considers the implications of environmental change for setting mortality assumptions and summarises what we currently know

Sarah Winckless talks with Stephen Hyams about Project AMP, the newly launched mentoring programme for aspiring female actuaries which helps to support their career paths