Paper: A Cashless Society in 2019 Cash is under pressure. A tense 2018 led to a tumultuous 2019: Facebook's announcement of plans to launch its Libra cryptocurrency with a consortium of companies united all regulators against the project.
The Terminator is coming! At least that's one potential vision of the future, invoked by Boris Johnson at the UN last year while he speculated about artificial intelligence (AI). We can certainly debate how realistic that vision is, and what the possible timescales might be.
Reinsurance under IFRS17 typically has been perceived to be another question to be addressed. Wijdan Yousuf, Milena Lacheta and Colin Dutkiewicz suggest it can also be looked at as an answer
Members of the IFoA can be inspired by, and gain so much from, each other: mutual support, powerful collaborations, and new and even disruptive thinking.
Most actuaries work in industries and organisations that help to protect people against various risks. But will this continue to be true in an age of freedom, choice and individualism?
To mark International Volunteer Day (5 December) and as part of the IFoAs campaign to celebrate the exceptional commitment of IFoA volunteers, eight presidents of the IFoA, and the president-elect, share their thoughts on IFoA volunteering
