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COP27: week two highlights as the summit packs up for another year
Andrew Hetherington, a member of the IFoA's Sustainability Early Careers Board, considers some of the key initiatives launched during the second week of COP27.
Why Chartered is the right thing
Michael Tripp explains why he is saying Vote ‘Yes’ to Chartered Actuary!
Room for improvement?
Chair of the IFoA’s Management Board Grahame Stott explores how your response to our annual IFoA member survey helps to improve your member experience and can lead to real benefits for your career.
National Inclusion Week: Share who you are
To celebrate National Inclusion week, education actuary Sally Calder has written a blog series on neurodiversity, with a focus on autism. In part one, she shares what makes her who she is. The six-part series covers self-identification, diagnosis, stigma, and strengths and challenges. She also highlights what we, in the spirit of inclusivity, can all do to support neurodivergent individuals.
How does Royal Mail’s CDC scheme ‘smooth’ pensions?
Collective Defined Contribution pension schemes are a new way to help people save for retirement in the UK. Here we explore how CDCs of the kind Royal Mail is proposing ‘smooth’ pensions and share risk.
Coldplay's climate action is setting a precedent
Coldplay fan and IFoA Sustainability Board member Rosalind Rossouw explores how the band is showing what’s possible if we all act together on climate change.
National Inclusion Week: Autism and creativity
To celebrate National Inclusion week, education actuary Sally Calder has written a blog series on neurodiversity, with a focus on autism. In part three, she explores creativity in autistic people. The six-part series covers self-identification, diagnosis, stigma, and strengths and challenges. She also highlights what we, in the spirit of inclusivity, can all do to support neurodivergent individuals.
Why we need to vote ‘yes’ to Chartered Actuary
Ahead of a member vote later this year, President Matt Saker writes on the proposed new Chartered Actuary designation. He explores how the proposals ensure no one loses out and why Council hold this to be a crucial step forward for the actuarial profession.
Recommended Papers: Understanding and managing climate change asset risks and opportunities
The IFoA’s Life Climate Change Working Party has a wide remit to help actuaries working in the life insurance industry understand climate change and the risks and opportunities presented by climate change.
Understanding nature-related physical risks
This is part four in a series of blogs about nature-related risk from the IFoA’s Biodiversity Working Party. In this post, we focus on nature-related physical risks by providing some examples of their different types.
National Inclusion Week: The spiky profile
To celebrate National Inclusion week, education actuary Sally Calder has written a blog series on neurodiversity, with a focus on autism. In part five, she explains the ‘spiky profile’. The six-part series covers self-identification, diagnosis, stigma, and strengths and challenges. She also highlights what we, in the spirit of inclusivity, can all do to support neurodivergent individuals.
Transition risks arising from nature-related risks
This is part five in a series of blogs about nature-related risk from the IFoA’s Biodiversity Working Party. Here we explore nature-related transition risks, and why we need to include transition risk in nature-related risk.
National Inclusion Week: Lightbulb moment
To celebrate National Inclusion week, education actuary Sally Calder has written a blog series on neurodiversity, with a focus on autism. In part four, she shares her experiences of discovering her autism. The six-part series covers self-identification, diagnosis, stigma, and strengths and challenges. She also highlights what we, in the spirit of inclusivity, can all do to support neurodivergent individuals.
National Inclusion Week: What I am is what I am
To celebrate National Inclusion week, education actuary Sally Calder has written a blog series on neurodiversity, with a focus on autism. In part two, she explores what autism means to her. The six-part series covers self-identification, diagnosis, stigma, and strengths and challenges. She also highlights what we, in the spirit of inclusivity, can all do to support neurodivergent individuals.
National Inclusion Week: How to help autistic people
To celebrate National Inclusion week, education actuary Sally Calder has written a blog series on neurodiversity, with a focus on autism. In part six, she talks about 14 ways we can all help people with autism. The six-part series covers self-identification, diagnosis, stigma, and strengths and challenges. She also highlights what we, in the spirit of inclusivity, can all do to support neurodivergent individuals.
Assessing nature-related risks
This is part three in a series of blogs about nature-related risk from the IFoA’s Biodiversity Working Party. Here we look at some examples and tools on how financial organisations can assess nature-related risks and incorporate them into risk management frameworks.
Chartered Actuary: meeting growing demand
John Taylor, Past President of the IFoA (2019-2020), tells us why he is convinced that Chartered Actuary is the right move for the actuarial profession.
The Phiatus Award: Actuaries can win £5,000 for their chosen charity
The Phiatus Award: Actuaries can win £5,000 for their chosen charity
Nature-related risks and opportunities: commonly used terms and definitions
This is the first in a series of blogs about nature-related risk from the IFoA’s Biodiversity Working Party. The Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is developing a nature-related risk and opportunities management framework. Its aim is to help financial institutions analyse their nature-related impacts and dependencies.