Mental Health Working Party: travel insurance work stream – members

Application closing date: 30 June

The IFoA’s Mental Health Working Party is heading into its next phase of work and is seeking additional members of the travel insurance work stream.

Our work so far has considered the impact that mental health considerations have on each stage of the life insurance product lifecycle. We have produced a range of blogs, podcasts, webinars and papers in this area to raise awareness and inspire action. We have also looked in detail at digital tools that are used in insurance to support the mental health of customers, and we have a workstream underway looking at supporting the mental health of actuaries. 

Most recently, we have conducted an underwriting survey for mental health underwriting among UK insurers. As a next step from this survey, we are seeking to understand in more detail the underwriting and pricing considerations for travel insurance when it comes to mental health.

If you have experience in general insurance products, pricing or underwriting and are passionate about contributing to this focus area, we invite you to apply for the working party. 

Our working party actively welcomes volunteers from a broad range of backgrounds and countries. Our current members include expertise spanning actuarial, pricing, underwriting, advisor, product development and policy. We are seeking actuaries and non-actuaries to join the working party.

Time commitment

Expected time commitment is about 4 to 6 hours per month.

Next steps

If you are interested in this role and would like an informal conversation before applying, please email us at engagement.team@actuaries.org.uk.

If you have read all the above and would like to apply, please send us:

  • brief details of your relevant experience
  • your reasons for wishing to get involved
  • your ARN (if you are a member)
  • a brief copy of your CV and full contact details (if you are a non-member)
  • confirmation that you have read, understood, and agree to the information and requirements laid out in our volunteer information pack (please be aware that until we have received this confirmation, we will not be able to appoint you as a volunteer)

Please email all the above to engagement.team@actuaries.org.uk. Please note, we are unable to accept late applications.

We are committed to promoting diversity, equality of opportunity, and inclusion, within all our vacancies and we actively encourage applications from a diverse range of potential candidates. Recognising and embracing the unique and diverse talents of our volunteers is fundamental to the success of our organisation.

What you need to know

Volunteering provides you with a wide range of opportunities. With all rights and opportunities come responsibilities and we ask all our volunteers to comply with the terms of the IFoA’s governance manual and volunteer information pack. Before offering to provide support, please read through: what you need to know.