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In this blog two members and a lay volunteer tell us about their involvement in various disciplinary functions, their reasons for wanting to be involved, and how they feel they have benefited both personally and professionally.

A variety of experts in Africa have reflected on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic at a recent IFoA webinar, blogs IFoA Fellow Chris Sutton. 

Most would be forgiven for not quite making it through all 232 pages of the UK Government’s White Paper on ‘Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance’ - but those who persevered to pages 198 to 205 will have seen that, in addition to a new regulatory system proposed for the audit and accounting professions, there are changes planned for the way in which UK actuaries will be regulated, blogs Emma Gilpin.

Om Jain interviews Emily Forsyth-Davies. Emily is an actuary who currently works as the Head of ESG at Aurum Research Limited, a UK subsidiary of Aurum Fund Management Ltd.

As we come to the end of Pride month, Rajinder Poonian, actuarial consultant in life insurance modelling and member of the IFoA’s Diversity Action Group, has been reflecting on what we, as actuaries and within the insurance industry, can do to be more inclusive.

Actuary and neurodiversity consultant, Alicja Nocon, shares her personal experience of working as an actuary on the autism spectrum as part of our series of blogs on neurodiversity in the profession.

What does a Derivatives Risk Manager/Trader do?
A Derivatives Risk Manager/Trader helps insurers to hedge capital market risks within their asset-liability portfolio using financial derivatives contracts. An insurer’s hedging objective ...

Actuary and neurodiversity consultant, Alicja Nocon, marks Autistic Pride Day (18 June) with a short guide to the value of neurodiversity to the financial services sector.

Edwin Sheaf, Practitioner Member of Regulatory Board, writes on why the shape of the IFoA’s Practising Certificates (PC) Scheme is something that should interest all members.

Eminent experts in statistics and data explain how they dealt with the unprecedented demand generated by the Covid-19 pandemic, discuss the validity of the 'follow the science' slogan, and reflect on the lessons learnt from a year of unprecedented change.

What do you do working in Insurance Solutions?
Working in Insurance Solutions is a client centric role with my primary objective being to best understand our clients’ focuses and targets ...

Martin Friel speaks to several actuaries about the dramatic impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on their work