The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has expressed disappointment with the UK government's plans to exclude means-tested council support payments from a new £86,000 cap on social care costs.
The UK's 100 largest listed firms are increasingly including environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in remuneration decisions, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has uncovered.
Heightened risk awareness following the COVID-19 pandemic will help drive the value of global insurance premiums above $7trn (£5.2trn) for the first time next year, Swiss Re has forecast.
A coalition of investors, insurers, banks, rating agencies and governments have outlined how three key factors are responsible for “chronic underinvestment in climate resilience” by the private sector.
More than three-quarters of UK employers expect pension trustees to consider retiring due to an onslaught of regulatory and legislative change, research by the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has uncovered.
The Glasgow Climate Pact was agreed on the final day of COP26 last Saturday, concluding two weeks of negotiations that will set the global agenda on climate change for the next 10 years.
Mortality rates in England and Wales have been above 2019 levels for the fourth successive month, analysis by the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has found.
The IFoA Foundation, which is the independent charitable arm of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), is expanding its scholarship programme in China and South-East Asia (CSEA).
China's general insurance industry is set to grow by more than 50% within just five years, forecasts by data analytics and consulting firm GlobalData suggest.
A third of UK pension schemes have set, or are in the process of setting, targets to reduce their exposure to climate-related risks, but a similar proportion do not plan on doing so themselves.
