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Stability and Stasis - Pensions Policy 17 Years Since The Pensions Commission
Ahead of his IFoA Conference 2022 plenary session, "Challenges ahead for pensions and the welfare state", Paul Johnson CBE, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, gives a brief overview of how far pension reform has come since the Pension Commission of the mid-2000s.
Good Actuarial Reports: During writing
With sufficient planning and preparation, the writing process should now flow relatively easily. At this stage, less is generally more - except when it comes to emphasis, stories and visual depiction.
Black History Month – the achievements of inspiring black mathematicians
As Black History Month 2022 draws to a close, IFoA member, Nyasha Chiwereza reflects on the achievements of inspiring black mathematicians.
Unusually high mortality in recent months
The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has been publishing frequent updates on mortality in the general population during the pandemic. This blog focuses on mortality in the general population in the first three quarters of 2022.
CMI findings on equity release mortgage experience
Jamie Funnell (of Pension Insurance Corporation), Chair of the CMI Annuities Committee, sets out the key findings of its analysis of the mortality and long-term care experience of equity release mortgage holders.
Black History Month, structural racism and being an active ally
Richard Scott, a member of the IFoA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Colleague Group reflects on this year’s Black History Month, and how a recent frank conversation encouraged him to further explore his role as an ally; not only in this month but onwards, in order to continuously increase his knowledge and further his education as an active ally.
The road to Actuarial Chartership
Richard Foulds, Lead Recruiter at IGA Talent, considers the pros and cons of the proposed new designation for IFoA actuaries: Chartered Actuary.
Use your vote to protect the trust in our profession
Ian Farr JP FFA, Chair of the Disciplinary Scheme Review Working Party, explains the proposed changes and why it is so important for members to vote.
Stress event management and Rubik’s Cubes
In this blog, David Chen, a member of the Stress Resilience Working Party, provides insight into some of the observations from the recent market stress event, which were presented at the Life Conference 2022.
Black actuaries: let’s get visible
For Black History Month 2022, the Chair of our Diversity Action Group Chika Aghadiuno reflects on the need for supportive networks and role models. She also introduces the UK Black Actuaries Network, which she co-founded.
The IFoA tackles the big issues at party conferences
Our public affairs team was in full swing at the 2022 party conferences, first in Liverpool for Labour, then in Birmingham for the Conservatives. At both, they were proud to host fringe events that gave focus to some of the most pressing issues of our time. Here the team reports back, offering some insight into the rich panel discussions.
How have annuitants fared in the pandemic?
Jamie Funnell (of Pension Insurance Corporation), Chair of the CMI Annuities Committee, sets out the key findings of our analysis of the mortality experience of pension annuities in payment through 2020 and the first half of 2021.
Are the GI Actuaries hogging Cyber Insurance Risk?
Cyber research by the working party has to date focussed on General Insurance risks where firms have been increasingly writing cyber insurance policies. The Working Party are now looking to begin a new workstream, exploring how potential Cyber scenarios may impact a Life insurer, where historical loss event data will not be available for some of the more extreme scenarios.
CMI_2021 shows modest fall in life expectancy
The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) Mortality Projections Committee (MPC) published annual updates to the CMI Mortality Projection Model. This blog summarises the latest version, CMI_2021. There is more detail in the CMI_2021 FAQs (open access) and Working Paper 160 (restricted to CMI Subscribers).
Climate reporting focus: CDP
This is part 14 of a series of educational posts from the IFoA’s Climate Change Disclosures Working Party about climate reporting topics. Here we give an introduction to CDP and a brief overview of its submission process and outcomes.