The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)

We are a global organisation with a proud UK heritage and we want to serve both the public and our members wherever they are based. In accordance without Royal Charter we seek to advance actuarial science and to regulate and promote the actuarial profession.

Episodes

S5 Ep2: A practical guide to climate change for risk management actuaries - A discussion

November 22, 2022 • 37 mins
Brandon Horowitz is joined by some of the authors of the IFoA's practical guide to climate change for risk management actuaries to discuss some key questions raised by the guide, including:

  • What are the challenges around climate change?
  • How does climate impact on a financial institutions value chain? And why do we need to look across all of the value chain? How does this link in with some of the metrics (...
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S5 Ep1: A practical guide to climate change for risk management actuaries - An introduction

November 22, 2022 • 8 mins
Ahead of a longer discussion, Brandon Horowitz is joined by some of the authors of the IFoA's practical guide to climate change for risk management actuaries, to introduce the guide and how it can help actuaries in their work.

Brandon's guests are:

Wendy Walford (chair of the working party) is head of climate risk, includes how the risk management framework allows for climate risk and what climate risk is for...
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S1 Ep21: Episode 8 – Impact Investing for Pensions

July 29, 2022 • 25 mins
In this series we explore the Sustainable Development Goals and the role that actuaries can play in achieving the 2030 agenda.

In this episode Sustainability Board member and pensions actuary Neil Mitchell interviews Karen Shackleton about impact investing for pension funds. Karen is the founder of Pensions for Purpose, a non-executive director and Chair of the Board of Resonance Limited, a social impact invest...
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    S1 Ep20: 7. Sustainable development and the well-being of future generations

    March 23, 2022 • 47 mins
    In this episode of the SDG podcast series, Sustainability Board member, Shyam Gharial speaks to Jane Davidson, a former Welsh Assembly member in government between 1999 and 2011. As Minister for the Environment, Sustainability & Housing, Jane proposed legislation to make sustainable development the central organising principle for the government in Wales through what became known as the Well-being of Future Generations (Wa...
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    S4 Ep1: The Diversity Advisory Group podcast: Celebrating our female leaders:

    March 8, 2022 • 31 mins
    In recognition of International Women’s Day, Rosalind Rossouw enjoyed a conversation with Louise Pryor (the President of the IFoA), Marjorie Ngwenya (a past President of the IFoA) and Lucy Saye (the Deputy Chair of the IFoA’s Sustainability Board).

    This podcast discusses the opportunities and challenges facing female actuaries and women who are on the path to becoming an actuary. Louise, Marjorie and Lucy share...
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    S2 Ep3: Net Zero Investment Portfolios - Episode 3: Railpen’s Net Zero investing journey

    February 21, 2022 • 29 mins
    Our guests Michael Marshall, Head of Sustainable Ownership and Chandra Gopinathan, Senior Investment Manager (Sustainable Ownership) explain their roles at Railpen and how they are involved in Net Zero investing, what framework they use (and why) as well as some of the challenges they have experienced in moving to this approach.
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    S2 Ep2: Net Zero Investment Portfolios - Episode 2: Net Zero investing frameworks and the role of Climate Bonds and Green Gilts

    January 19, 2022 • 31 mins
    We explore the logic behind Net Zero investing with Nick Silver, co-founder of the Climate Bonds Initiative, an actuary, economist and author of “Finance, Society and Sustainability”. 

    Nick discusses what the three main frameworks have in common and unpack the role of Climate Bonds, including Green Gilts, in achieving Net Zero ambitions or facilitating ‘Greenwashing’. 
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    S3 Ep1: The IFoA Podcast - Pilot

    December 22, 2021 • 22 mins
    The IFoA podcast showcases the activities of our Members, who are engaged in a wide range of activities to influence society in the public interest. 

    In the pilot episode of our podcast you can listen to:

    The editor of The Actuary magazine Dan Georgescu reflects on his tenure, explaining how he dealt with the challenge of Covid-19 and much more. 

    Then Louise Pry...
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    S2 Ep1: Net Zero Investment Portfolios - Episode 1: Prudential plc’s Net Zero investing journey (so far)

    December 13, 2021 • 23 mins
    Brandon Horwitz, co-chair of the IFoA Net Zero Portfolio Alignment Working Group discusses the journey Prudential plc has gone on towards making Net Zero investments with Kerry Adams-Strump, Prudential plc’s Director of Group ESG and Roelof Coertze, Senior Manager, Actuarial Function Team at Prudential plc (and also the co-chair of the Actuaries’ Carbon Collaboration).

    Kerry and Roelof also talk about using the right ...
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    S1 Ep19: 6. Disaster Protection

    August 25, 2021 • 29 mins
    The latest IFoA SDG’s podcast focuses on Disaster Protection with Daniel Clarke from the Centre for Disaster Protection (CDP).  
     
    In this episode, Shyam Gharial explores how Daniel’s work is linked to many of the SDGs, including climate change, inequality decent work, partnerships for the goals, and how an actuarial skillset can be utilised in this area of work.
     
    Daniel’s work aims to improve efficiencies in ...
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    S1 Ep18: Expanding Horizons podcast series — Episode 3 with Tom Philp

    August 9, 2021 • 47 mins
    A discussion with Tom Philp, CEO of Maximum Information, about his vision of the changes needed around exposure management, his own experiences as an academic, as a catastrophe modeller, and how the insurance industry should view risk. 
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    S1 Ep17: Expanding Horizons podcast series — Episode 2 with Geoff Saville and Nalan Cabi

    August 9, 2021 • 46 mins
    A discussion with Geoff Saville and Nalan Cabi on how the industry can bridge the gap between the practitioners and academia, the common mistakes made by insurers when modelling catastrophe risk, and a discussion specifically on flood modelling. 
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    S1 Ep16: Expanding Horizons podcast series — Episode 1 with Tan Suee Chieh

    August 9, 2021 • 39 mins
    In the first episode, we introduce the podcast series with an interview with Tan Suee Chieh on his vision for the IFoA during his tenure as the IFoA President (2020-2021). Hear him talk about his vision, adaptability of the IFoA during the pandemic, and some experiences from his long and successful career. 
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    S1 Ep15: Exploring the Change - A Global Profession

    March 17, 2021 • 53 mins
    In the latest episode of our 'Exploring the Change' series Nicholas Yeo and BaiYan Cao discuss with IFoA President Tan Suee Chieh the global reach of the actuarial profession and what this perspective means for actuaries now and in the future.
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    S1 Ep14: 5. Universal Ownership

    March 4, 2021 • 43 mins
    In this episode sustainability board member Lucy Saye speaks to Dr Ellen Quigley from the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at Cambridge University on the topic of Universal Ownership. We explore the relevance of Universal Ownership to actuarial practice and the achievement of the SDG’s, covering topics such as climate change, inequality, the Covid 19 pandemic and actions Universal Owners such as pension funds and Life ...
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    S1 Ep13: 4. Mental Health

    February 3, 2021 • 25 mins
    In this episode, Melissa Leitner (Swiss Re, and Sustainability board volunteer) speaks to Sumit Misra (Bupa) and Kenneth McIvor (Willis Towers Watson) about how mental health is reflected in the SDGs, what the insurance industry is doing to better support people with mental health challenges, and the IFoA working party advancing this important work.

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    S1 Ep12: Exploring the change - Grey swans

    February 1, 2021 • 50 mins
    IFoA President Tan Suee Chieh and Matthew Edwards of Willis Towers Watson discuss the concept of 'grey swans' - world changing events from COVID-19 to the emergence of AI where the actuarial skill set can played a major role in mitigating risk.
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    S1 Ep5: Brexit Podcast Series: Episode 5

    December 22, 2020 • 20 mins
    In Episode 5, the IFoA’s Media Relations Manager Sonia Sequeira spoke to IFoA Fellows Stewart Mitchell and Cat Drummond. Both are partners at Lane Clark and Peacock, specialising in insurance consulting. Listen to this episode to hear more about the possible impact of Brexit on those working in General Insurance.
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    S1 Ep10: Exploring the change -New fields, new skills

    December 18, 2020 • 39 mins
    In this podcast, IFoA President Tan Suee Chieh and Marisa Hall, co-head of the Wills Towers Watson Thinking Ahead Institute explore how new fields and new skills are shaping the future of the profession. 
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    S1 Ep9: 3. Decent Work and Economic Growth

    December 15, 2020 • 34 mins
    In this episode, Sustainability board member Lucy Saye speaks to Lisa Morgan from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) about SDG 8 decent work and economic growth and her work in the impact insurance team at the ILO.

    For more information about topics discussed in this episode please see the links below:
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