2011

SunGard has announced two actuarial appointments in its teams working on iWorks Prophet...

Towers Watson has increased its shareholding in South African actuarial and employee benefits consultancy, Fifth Quadrant, to 51%...

Andrew Rear, CEO of Munich Re Life UK, Ireland, Africa and Australia, will extend his responsibility to the group's Life operations in Asia on 1 January 2012...

KPMG has announced the appointment of four principal advisors to its life and general insurance actuarial teams in the UK...

Bond market turmoil has led to the highest ever value being placed on FTSE 350 pension scheme liabilities, according to the latest figures from Aon Hewitt...

Accounting standards were a “root cause” of the financial crisis and should be subject to a comprehensive review, according to the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum...

Swiss Re’s economists say the fortunes of the non-life insurance industry are unlikely to pick up until after 2012...

The government's decision to switch from the retail price index to the consumer price index to calculate annual public sector pension upgrades has been ruled lawful in the High Court...

The difference between retail price index (RPI) and consumer price index (CPI) measures of inflation will double over the long term, the Office for Budget Responsibility predicts...

Consultants have raised questions about pension liability calculations, after bond market jitters drove liabilities to historic highs...