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  • Actuaries give cautious welcome to Whitehall's private assets push

    12 July 2023

    Chancellor of Exchequer wants institutions to buy more into unlisted companies

  • Planet's future being run on woeful risk margins compared to Solvency II's, Louise Pryor warns

    19 June 2023

    Actuaries Carbon Collaboration co-chair urges peers that actuaries do not close their eyes to risks

  • CPD regime fails to engender 'growth mindset' necessary for UK actuaries, IFoA says

    13 June 2023

    UK actuaries' association admits "guilt" in not pushing lifelong learning

  • Equity-release mortgage profits questioned in new valuation approach

    15 July 2019

    Dean Buckner and Kevin Dowd’s report on ERM valuation casts doubt on the ability for some loans to make money.

  • Ifrs 17 - accuracy over clarity

    14 February 2019

    Colin Dutkiewicz, chair of the life board at the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries cuts through the complexity of accounting standard Ifrs 17, examining its potential impact on insurers' investment strategies and asset allocation, as well as on their overall operations. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • IFoA conference: Monte Carlo modelling favoured for ERMs

    23 November 2018

    91% of the conference attendees favoured this option

  • UK commissions equity release mortgage research

    21 November 2018

    IFoA and ABI project will investigate appropriate methods for valuing ERMs

  • IFoA to investigate decision-making by investors

    28 February 2017

    Emotional, psychological and political biases among possible topics for research

  • Stranded assets are real threat to industry - Lloyd's

    23 February 2017

    Energy, commercial real estate and shipping assets most vulnerable, report says

  • IFoA supports climate risk reporting initiative

    10 February 2017

    Recommends FSB creates a standing committee to engage with authorities and asset owners