News Update – August 13

Hi Everyone:

Students

Applications for the 2020-21 Stephen Alleyne Memorial Scholarship close tomorrow, 14^th August.

The Scholarship award is US$2,500.

Candidates for the Scholarship must:

• be CARICOM nationals in their final year of the BSc degree in Actuarial Science at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies
• have a B+ (3.3) average or its equivalent and must maintain this average for the duration of the award
• be in verifiable financial need

The application Form may be downloaded from the UWI website and returned to the UWI Office of Student Financing by 14^th August.

Students sitting CAS Exams

The US Casualty Actuarial Society is moving to Computer Based Testing using Pearson Vue approved sites.  There are such sites in Jamaica and Trinidad.  We would like to know if you or anyone you know is a CAS student in any other Caribbean territory.  We will then work with the CAS on your behalf to see what can be arranged.

More details of CAS’ move to CBT can be read on their website.

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Actuarial News

Accounting Standards and Insurer Solvency Assessmentpublished by the IMF explores the use of accounting standards for insurer solvency assessment in the context of the implementation of IFRS 17. Co-authored by CAA Past President Michelle Chong Tai-Bell.

IFRS 17 Discount Curves: A Guide for Insurers  – Moody’s Analytics.

We encourage our SOA members with voting privileges to participate in their Board of Directors Elections which opens on 17^th August.

Voting in CAS Elections closes on 31^st August.

Webinars & Events:

• RGA Fraud Conference 17^th-21^st August
• From SOA
• From IFoA
• From CAS
• From CIA
• From IABA

Recoding of IACA’s webinar Managing and Growing your Firm in an era of Pandemic and Lockdown (YouTube)

Videos from the European Actuarial Academy’s recent Data Science & Data Ethics e-Conference (ActuView)

The Caribbean Actuarial Association’s 30^th Annual Conference

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Best Regards,

Shubhash & Betty

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