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Automated machine learning is allowing insurers to take a more individual approach to estimating loss development, say Maximilian Hudlberger and Darius Sabas.

Climate risk has marched into all areas of finance but many questions remain unanswered. Jérôme Crugnola-Humbert discusses the issues around incorporating it into prudential capital requirements

One outcome of the Covid pandemic was the unprecedented volume of business interruption claims faced by insurers. How did they do? Jeremy Keating assesses the figures

For someone who believes in role models, new IFoA president Kalpana Shah offers much inspiration herself. She tells Yiannis Parizas about her career path, the need to challenge stereotypes, and why upskilling for actuaries may actually involve some unlearning

Gareth Connolly and Phil Hardingham explore the pros and cons driving a dynamic discount rates approach, and what it means in practice

We already know how to prevent a high proportion of cancers. With work in this area, life insurers will see the impact, say doctors Tobias Schiergens and Debbie Smith

Many asset managers are modelling environmental risks – yet failing to incorporate this into investment decisions. Danielle Vrublevskis makes a bid for change.

It’s early days for IFRS 17 – but what’s the impact so far? Bob Owel and his team have analysed disclosures from 60 insurers to find out. He reveals the results

Public sector pensions is what Georgina Bedenham of the Government Actuary’s Department doesn’t do. More civil servant than actuary, she tells Ruolin Wang about working on nearly every problem the nation faces and risk-planning for disasters

Chris Howells and Ruolin Wang take us through new Solvency II-style rules in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan as these markets weave new tapestries of regulation