We are delighted to announce the return of GIRO as an in-person conference, giving you an opportunity to connect with actuaries in your practice area. Join our leading experts to gain insight into key issues, emerging ideas, and new research across the General Insurance sector.
While climate change is global, Africa is disproportionately vulnerable to its effects. The continent has contributed negligibly to the changing climate, with only around 2–3% of global emissions, yet it stands out disproportionately as the most vulnerable region in the world, driven by the prevailing low levels of socio-economic growth in the continent.
The actuarial profession is faced with increasingly complex risks and challenges in the current environment, with the consequences of the Pandemic exacerbated by the geopolitical and economic issues. The working environment patterns have drastically changed too, leading to potential isolation, technology fatigue and sometimes blurring the boundaries between professional and personal life.
Health contributes to happiness at the personal, family, community and societal level. Health, importantly underpins all our economic security. This talk will explore the drivers of our health, the measurement of health and the steps we can take to improve health – most of which lie outside the NHS.
In November IFoA members will be asked to vote on a proposed move to using the Chartered Actuary designation. Council believes that the move will protect and advance the status of IFoA actuaries globally, and lay the foundations for a flourishing profession for decades to come.