Mental Health Working Party: Survey for (re)insurers This survey, created by the IFoA Mental Health Working Party subgroup, aims to identify insurers approaches to mental health. It will help us to understand the current market practice and further strengthen outcomes when it comes to mental health and insurance. In particular, the working party are interested in identifying whether there is additional research that could be helpful to support risk assessment, underwriting and product developments ..read more

Life Board Update Clarence Er, Deputy Chair provides an update from the latest board meeting.  The most recent series of Life Board meetings were held 21 and 28 March 2023, which were the first set of meetings I have attended since I’ve joined the Life Board as Deputy Chair. A wide range of topics were covered during the meetings and I have the pleasure of sharing a summary of some of the key updates. Update on IFoA initiatives ..read more

The UK Asbestos Working Party periodically carries out market surveys of insurance company UK asbestos-related claims in order that they can estimate the future cost of UK asbestos-related claims to the insurance industry ..read more

Pensions Board update - March 2023 Glyn Bradley provides an update on the Pensions Board's spring meeting ..read more

Finance & Investment Board update  December 2022  Bradley Shearer shares an update on the IFoA F&I Board’s activities  Our Finance & Investment Board met virtually once again on Thursday 1st December. One of the aspects I love about the Board is how diverse and broad it is, covering Finance and Investments, the Banking community, and the Economics and Non-Executive Director (NED) MIGs. Our members are based around the world, and many of us have roles in other IFoA communities too.  ..read more

Health & Care Board update – December 2022 Scott Reid, Health & Care Board Deputy Chair, provides an update ..read more

  Joshua Waters, Chair of the Life Standards and Consultations Sub-committee, provides an update on the IFoA Life Board activities ..read more

Peter Tompkins provides an update from the latest board meeting The Risk Management board is responsible for developing and delivering the value of IFoA membership, for actuaries who work in risk management practice or who want to know about this field. The board recently met on 14 December. We welcomed two new members, Andrea Egan from London and Elena Papadopoulou from Cyprus.  Our Purposes ..read more

Management of closed-with-profits funds The Management of closed with-profits funds working party presented at the 2022 Life Conference in Liverpool. Co-presenters Ben Stroud, Sally Butters and Dan Diggins presented a sample of their findings from a survey covering 60 closed with-profits funds across 16 firms, with a view to sharing examples of good practice and making recommendations that can support the management of the run-off of closed funds for the benefit of with-profits customers ..read more

Advice Gap in the Market Working Party - Survey ..read more