The recent letters relating to climate change highlight the positive impact actuaries can make and some pitfalls awaiting those who wish to get involved with this topic.
The recent letters relating to climate change highlight the positive impact actuaries can make and some pitfalls awaiting those who wish to get involved with this topic.
In recent issues, there has been much talk of actuaries getting more involved in wider fields, and numerous articles saying: We can do this because we understand risk, we can think long term, and can build clever spreadsheets, without recognition of the fact that these skills are not unique to actuaries.