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Empowering actuaries of tomorrow at IFoA India Conference
The IFoA India Conference 2024 provided an exciting platform to foster innovation, collaboration, and connections within the actuarial profession. Among its standout moments were the Actuarial Innovation Challenge and the student showcase, which offered unique opportunities for students to engage with the industry and demonstrate their potential.
Pension scheme mortality – an update on recent experience and the impact of the pandemic
The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) Self-administered Pension Schemes (SAPS) Committee has published its latest annual analysis of the mortality experience of members of UK defined benefit pension schemes. This covers the period 2016-2023 and includes data received up to October 2024.
UN SDGs and AI: Brazil
This is part two of a series of blogs by the IFoA Data Science, Sustainability and Climate Change Working Party that discusses progress updates on UN SDGs and AI use. This blog focuses on Brazil.
Nick Ong-Seng appointed new chair of QAS Committee
The IFoA is delighted to announce the appointment of Nick Ong-Seng as the new chair of the committee that oversees the IFoA’s Quality Assurance Scheme (QAS). Nick takes over from Victor Olowe, after six years of helping to progress the scheme in collaboration with accredited firms.
Findings of the IFoA Climate and Sustainability Scenarios Committee
Nick Spencer, Chair of the IFoA’s Climate and Sustainability Scenarios Committee, introduces the committee’s findings and recommendations
Designing reward functions: reinforcement learning
Disha Dagli, of the IFoA’s Professionalism, Regulation and Ethics Working Party, sets out some of the considerations for reinforcement learning and reward functions
Brian Hey Prize 2024: Who was Brian Hey?
The Brian Hey Prize is annual award given out at the IFoA’s GIRO Conference for the best actuarial research paper delivered each year. But who was Brian Hey, and why was this award established in his name? Dr Kenneth Bogle looks into the life of Brian.
IFoA Asia Conference 2024: Q&A with speaker Orchis Li
Orchis Li gives an insight into the world of critical illness insurance, the focus of her and her colleagues presentation, "Evolution of critical illness insurance: an experience-based journey", at the IFoA Asia Conference 2024.
IFoA Asia Conference 2024: Q&A with speaker Martin Noble
With Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) being one of the prominent topics at the forthcoming IFoA Asia Conference 2024, Martin Noble discusses the panel discussion, "ESG and the Insurance Sector – Best practice considerations for actuaries."