Category Archives: Actuarial
The Society of Actuaries election for President-Elect starts on Monday, but with one prominent candidate prevented from standing
On Monday (9 August), Fellows of the US Society of Actuaries (and Associates who achieved that status 5 or more years ago) can start voting in the SOA’s elections. However, and very controversially, the candidates for President-Elect do not include … Continue reading
Reducing environmental costs in the new UK actuarial profession
I last wrote about this over a year ago (here, since when some progress has been made but not yet on the main issue I was focussing on which was the sending by default of paper copies of The Actuary … Continue reading
I now support the 2010 merger proposals, my remaining objection having been removed, plus better member communication facility introduced
After two years of opposition, I am very pleased to now be able to support the 2010 merger proposals (for the Institute of Actuaries and the Faculty of Actuaries to become the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries), because in my … Continue reading
Actuarial merger vote 2010: please do not vote before reading FIDELIS response
The official voting papers/email were sent yesterday and we (various FIDELIS members) are analysing the final proposal/governance documents. The initial analysis is that the governance documents still include a significant transfer of power from members to the new Council, and … Continue reading
(Alternative, simpler plan put forward by David Wilkie and others) Unification : better than Merger
The details of an alternative plan (to Councils’ latest merger proposals) put forward by David Wilkie and others can be seen here (to which you can add comments) or here on the official merger microsite (to which you can’t automatically … Continue reading
Official 2010 merger plans (for Institute and Faculty of Actuaries)
Initial details (there will probably be some changes following further comments on the draft Charter and other documents) of these have were unveiled at the weekend via an eAlert to Institute and Faculty members and are on the merger microsite … Continue reading
Significant risk areas requiring mitigation in the current merger proposals
Here is a flowchart of what might be the possible course ahead for the current merger proposals from Councils. See this post on the Actuarial Outpost for more details.
Revised draft charter proposed for 2010 Institute/Faculty merger vote
Following the announcement by email to members by the two Presidents at the end of January that a revised merger package is to be unveiled to members at the end of February for them to vote on (with the name … Continue reading
Twitter and the Actuarial Outpost: why actuaries should be interested in these and some tips
I have been on Twitter (@actuary21c) for just over a year now and find it very useful. Why? Please see the excellent article by Eddie Smith (@Eddie_Smith) on page 11 of the Society of Actuaries October issue of CompAct magazine: … Continue reading
Institute/Faculty Consultation process so far gives impression of going through the motions
I said in yesterday’s blog post that I was waiting to hear how the consultation meeting (on Charter documentation) at the Institute of Actuaries in London went yesterday. I have kept quiet for several weeks about this in the hope … Continue reading
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