All you need to know about becoming an actuary.
All the information you need under our current curriculum.
Key info for exams including dates and essential resources.
Mitigating circumstances, appeals, counselling, opportunities.
Practical work experience is a key part of your qualification.
Supporting the development of our members.
Supporting the development of IFoA members
Explore stages 1, 2 and 3 of Professional Skills Training.
Join members coming together in regional or cultural hubs.
Get involved with and support the actuarial profession.
View all of our upcoming webinars, sessional meetings and conferences.
Learn how your organisation can engage with actuarial professionals.
Find opportunities to speak at our conferences and events.
Find upcoming events from selected third parties.
Contributing to policy developments in the public interest.
Exploring unexamined issues facing actuaries and society.
Promoting new research and knowledge transfer.
Find our key updates and press releases.
Member insight and opinion.
Ensuring public confidence in the actuarial profession.
Our free, confidential service available to all members.
Mandatory ethical standards for all members.
A key regulatory area for the IFoA and its members.
Speaking up plays a key role for members.
Showcase your organisation’s commitment to excellence.
Read about our role as a Designated Professional Body.
An independent disciplinary process enforces our regulatory framework.
Seeking the views of actuaries on a range of consultations.
We issue risk alerts to support members and the public interest.
Learn about practising certificates and how to apply.
An enhanced system to promote the quality of actuarial work.
Membership supports your career development and growth.
Laying the foundations to deliver what members value and need.
Read about our governance, structure and reporting lines.
Be chartered, be seen.
Learn about the areas where members apply their expertise.
Showcasing our achievements.
Widening access to the profession and working to meet net zero.
Recognising excellence.
Working with the global actuarial community for social impact.
Organisations involved in the regulation of our members.
Our responsibilities as a membership organisation.
Work with us to nurture and enhance your talent.
These roles are:
Find out more about the PC regime
We have produced a framework of skill sets to help our members identify the skills, knowledge and competencies which will enable them to carry out these roles effectively
The framework will also provide a reference tool to guide CPD planning.
As well as providing a useful guide for current Practising Certificate Holders, the framework may assist other actuaries working towards an approved role to identify areas for development.
The framework is also intended to help users of actuarial services understand the skill set they can reasonably expect of the actuaries they employ.
The Framework is intended to reflect the skills that actuaries with approved roles should ideally, rather than must have, and not all of the skills will be relevant to every actuary or put to use in every actuarial activity
The Framework is not intended as an exhaustive list of every skill an actuary might need to discharge his or her duties, but instead reflects many of the personal competencies, areas of knowledge and technical skills that actuaries working in regulatory approved roles rely on to provide advice and meet the wider expectations of the stakeholders which they serve.
The Framework has been developed by the IFoA with input from current actuaries as well as the users of actuarial advice, such as Board members and regulatory bodies