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Climate reporting focus: Energy security and the impact on sustainable investments
This is the final part of a series of educational posts from the IFoA’s Climate Change Disclosures Working Party about climate reporting topics. Here we explore the impact that energy security considerations have had on the types of assets as green investments and the consequences this may have on reporting and progress towards net zero.
Recovery and resolution plans: Life Conference 2023
A preview of the upcoming Life Conference 2023 session on meeting the new regulations for pension providers.
Challenges in implementing an insurance-based solution for meeting cost of care in England
Adele Groyer of the IFoA’s Social Care Working Party gives an overview of the Association of British Insurers ‘Prepare for Care’ report against a background of continued uncertainty about what state support will be available in future.
Decoding post-pandemic mortality: a first look at 2022 data
Piero Cocevar (of Phoenix Group), member of the CMI Annuities Committee, reflects on the key findings of its analysis of the mortality experience of pension annuities in payment by month to end of 2022.
UK bulk annuity market: bigger, stronger, faster, harder
Over the past decade, the bulk purchase annuity (BPA) market has become almost unrecognisable, with its size, sophistication, and efficiency all evolving significantly. Here Suanne Chong and Andrew Kenyon of NatWest Markets preview their session at Life Conference 2023.
IFoA success at party conference season 2023
Our Policy and Public Affairs Team reports back from the 2023 party conferences, an opportunity to bring the actuarial profession ‘to life’ to political stakeholders.
AI week and the AI Safety Summit: what actuaries need to know
Last week hearts and minds across Westminster turned to the rapidly rising technology of ‘frontier’ AI, in what political commentators referred to as ‘AI week’
Considerations for actuaries when advising on commutation rates
Jon Forsyth of LCP outlines a new paper on commutation rates and explores what it’s like being a member of an IFoA working party
For the actuarial eye: Autumn Statement 2023
Our Policy and Public Affairs Team explores the contents of the Autumn Statement 2023 most relevant to the work of actuaries
COP28: hotting up in UAE
Our Policy and Public Affairs Team explores a few important things to know ahead of COP28 in Dubai, 30 November to 12 December 2023
Navigating new normals: setting mortality and longevity assumptions in the post-pandemic era
The COVID 19 pandemic has disrupted well-established processes for understanding and forecasting mortality and longevity experience. At the height of the pandemic, we observed spikes in mortality rates that were not representative of steady-state mortality rates.
Time series analysis of S&P Green Bond Index
The IFoA’s Data Science, Sustainability and Climate Change Working Party shares its initial time series analysis of the S&P Green Bond Index using non-traditional techniques including neural networks.
COP28: “A cause for optimism?”
Our Policy and Public Affairs Team explores the important developments that came out of COP28 in Dubai, 30 November to 12 December 2023
Climate scenario analysis for life insurers
This short article is an initial output from the IFoA Life Climate Scenarios Working Party (Assumptions and scenario modelling) – it provides a brief outline of how climate scenarios can be used by a life insurance company.
The benefits of embedding DEI values in our ethical code of conduct
As we launch a consultation on formalising Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) within the IFoA’s regulatory framework, Neil Buckley, Chair of the IFoA’s Regulatory Board, reflects on the benefits of embedding DEI values in our ethical code of conduct.
How actuaries are using artificial intelligence and machine learning
Chris Paterson at the Government Actuary’s Department explains its research on how actuaries in the UK are using AI and machine learning techniques, and how you can get involved.
IFoA Conference 2023: collaboration to bring wider perspectives
Sophie Wright and Shuyan Liang, co-chairs of the IFoA Conference 2023 organising committee, preview the event’s unique and essential offering to all actuaries
How did the COVID-19 Pandemic impact Accelerated Critical Illness and the causes of claims?
Chris Reynolds, Chair of the CMI Assurances Committee, discusses the recently published Working Paper 167, which analyses the causes of accelerated critical illness claims over the period 2017 to 2020.
This working paper is the first time the Committee has been able to consider in detail the experience of critical illness policies over a period impacted by the pandemic.
The IFoA's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion demographics survey: The importance of data in DEI
As we launch the IFoA’s first diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) demographics survey for IFoA volunteers, we talk to members of the Finance and Investment Board (F&I Board) about the importance of data in DEI and their journey so far.