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What is impact investment and what are its challenges?
As a newly created IFoA Impact Investing Working Party, we are looking to produce a source of knowledge on the topic of impact investing that is current and relevant, provokes critical thinking, and helps to shape future action.
Machine learning: a modern oxymoron?
As the latest edition of the Longevity Bulletin, The machine learning issue, is published, Matthew Edwards, Senior Director at WTW and Editor of the Longevity Bulletin, explores the application of machine learning to mortality and associated risks
National Inclusion Week: Inclusion – the deaf perspective
The IFoA is pleased to support National Inclusion Week 2023 and in doing so is encouraging IFoA employees to share their stories. Here, Katie Wood, our Quality Assurance Scheme Manager, shares her personal perspective on inclusion, and what it means to her.
National Inclusion Week: Sawubona and the value of inclusion
The IFoA is pleased to support National Inclusion Week 2023 and in doing so is encouraging IFoA employees to share their stories. Here, Katie Wood, our Quality Assurance Scheme Manager, shares her thoughts about the traditional Zulu greeting, 'Sawubona' and the value of inclusion.
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.
Help shape the future of nature-informed insurance underwriting
As nature-related risks become increasingly material to insurers and reinsurers, the PSI Climate–Nature Nexus Atlas offers an emerging framework for integrating ecosystem insights into underwriting, risk assessment and decision-making.
Celebrating excellence: 2024 Geoffrey Heywood and Peter Clark prize winners
Every year, the IFoA recognises excellence in research and communicating actuarial knowledge by awarding prestigious prizes for outstanding papers published in IFoA publications. This year’s prizes, rewarding articles published in 2024, demonstrate excellence and impact across a range of areas encountered by actuaries in their practice and research.