Risk management: research working parties

The following are active research working parties overseen by the IFoA’s Risk Management Research and Thought Leadership Committee.

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Research working parties

Ethics is the main area of concern for the public facing decisions made by AI-driven models and this issue needs a high level of focus and skills that actuaries can provide.

Very often AI models take over decisions and can have strong bias with a dramatic impact on organisations both in financial and reputation terms, as well as on individuals.

Developing a good or best practice framework for governing and managing the risks associated with the use of new AI and data-driven techniques by the financial services industry will be one of the areas of focus for this working party.

About

Chair: Brandon Horwitz
Established: 2022

This working party’s three main areas of focus are to: 

  • understand how current practices in climate risk reporting by large UK pension funds and insurers have been affected by the relevant FCA/PRA and DWP mandatory reporting requirements effective 2022-2023 reporting year
  • compare these practices with climate change best practices by the largest insurers and pension funds subject to FCA requirements, and local government authority PFs subject to the equivalent requirements of the Department of Levelling Up
  • examine climate change reporting practices by major corporate sponsors of UK occupational pension schemes

About

Chair: Paul Klumpes
Established: 2022

This working party is developing a framework to assess potential financial impact of physical and transition climate-related risks beyond the short to medium term horizons typically used by companies, for example within the ORSA. This multi-disciplinary investigation is looking at insurance liabilities and assets backing insurance business.

About

Chair: Adel Drew
Established: 2022

The working party aims to develop a holistic framework to assess Environmental, Social, and Governance factors across the breadth of an organisation (outside of focussing on investment applications) and the effective management of the risks associated with these factors.

About

Chair: TBC
Established: 2024

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