The Actuarial Edge 2026: Students across India put their actuarial skills to the test
The case study competition exposed aspiring actuaries to real business challenges and skills expected in the workplace.
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Solvent exit planning – a practical guide | Part 8: IFoA survey on solvent exit planning
This blog series is a practical guide on solvent exit planning for practitioners and those charged with governance.
Actuaries as data stewards in the AI era
Antreas Tsiakkas explores data privacy challenges in the AI era, the role of actuaries in addressing them, and some tools the modern actuary can use.
Solvent exit planning – a practical guide | Part 7: lessons from banking for insurance solvent exit planning
This blog series is a practical guide on solvent exit planning for practitioners and those charged with governance.
Can we live better, as well as living longer?
The IFoA’s new Longevity Bulletin explores how longer lifetimes are reshaping society. Here the editor, Michael Anderson, FIA C.Act, touches on some of the themes that issue 18 explores.
Shaping the future under uncertainty: where next for public appraisal?
The IFoA’s Green Book Task and Finish Group reflects on some significant aspects of the UK government’s Green Book Discount Rate Review including ‘social insurance’.
Private credit: First Brands case study
This blog is the first in a series by the IFoA Private Credit Working Party. We begin with a case study that allows an examination of the credit risk, structural complexity, and regulatory considerations through the lens of the bankruptcy of First Brands, a privately owned American auto parts manufacturer, in September 2025.
From macro to mandate: how is AI set to reshape the investment decision-making lifecycle?
The articles in this blog series will follow the 7 lifecycle stages set out in this introductory piece. Each one will focus on what is actually being done at the current stage, what it takes to do it responsibly, and what it means for how investment actuaries work. We will keep them short, practical and – where the evidence warrants it – genuinely enthusiastic about what is possible. Watch this space. There is a lot to cover, and we are only getting started.
Wellness and prevention in the UK insurance industry: where do we stand today?
The IFoA Wellness and Prevention Working Party gives an overview of the prevention landscape and explores the insurance industry’s involvement in the UK.
When black swans turn into gray rhinos: part 6 – a life insurer’s perspective
In the sixth part of our swan blog series, we take a look at the implications and challenges presented to life insurers when it comes to exploring climate risk through this lens.
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Actuarial careers in banking: Paul Walsh
Paul Walsh, the founder of Acumen Resources, an actuarial recruitment organisation, is a Fellow of the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries in the UK and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland.
JFAR Risk Perspective 2021 – a must-read
Richard Hartigan is an actuary in the Actuarial Policy Team at the Financial Reporting Council.
Here he tells us what’s inside the latest Risk Perspective document – and how there’s something for everyone.
The contrasting impact of COVID-19 on UK term assurance experience
The CMI Assurances Committee reports regularly on the claims experience of policyholders with term assurances issued by UK life insurers. Our most recent analysis – covering the years up to 2019 – has recently been issued to CMI Subscribers alongside Working Paper 152.
That paper also contains indicative analysis of experience in the first six months of 2020 – a period when the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic caused abnormally high mortality for the general population of the UK.
Actuarial perspective: How the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded
The Covid-19 pandemic quickly went from a potential risk to our health, to one of the most disruptive and dangerous events humankind has experienced for decades. Stuart McDonald, Head of Demographic Assumptions and Methodology at Lloyds Banking Group, retells that story, explaining how the thirst for analysis saw his work being picked up by some of Britain’s most well-known journalists.
Autism anonymous
As part of our series of blogs on neurodiversity in the actuarial profession, we are pleased to share the experience of an actuary who prefers not to disclose their autism.
Reversing the trend: Managing biodiversity loss in the UK
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) published its report, 'Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust?' on 30 June 2021. The report calls on the Government to greater account for nature in economic decision-making in order to address biodiversity loss. Comments within the report reflect and refer directly to evidence submitted by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) to the EAC’s enquiry.
Ask An Actuary: How Costly Is A Footballer’s Injury?
How costly is a footballers injury?
Securing the first QAS accreditation in UK insurance
Matthew Byrne, Head of Actuarial Function at NFU Mutual blogs about his experience of applying for the QAS, and what it means to his team to receive the accreditation.
Dyslexia and my actuarial career
Jessica Huff FIA CERA, senior credit underwriting analyst at Klarna, shares her experience of managing an actuarial career with dyslexia as part of our series of blogs on neurodiversity in the profession.
Protecting the reputation of the profession
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.