News Update: Holiday Special – April 1

Dear Colleagues,

Wishing all our members and friends a Happy Holiday Weekend!

We’re sharing a generous list of suggested links from which you may select your holiday reading.

Did you miss our recent webinar on the SOA Competency Framework? You can watch the recording on actuview.

COVID related:

• CARICOM: Cuba’s COVID-19 Vaccines
• PAHO: 32 countries and territories in the Americas have detected infection by one of three ‘variants of concern’
• The World Bank: World Bank’s Response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) In Latin America & Caribbean
• Marla Dukharan: The Pandemic’s Penalty: How Women Pay a Higher Price (Again!)
• IFoA: Actuarial Innovation in the COVID-19 era – 26^th April-7^th May (free to IFoA members and non-members)
• IMF: Giving Everyone a Fair Shot
• NY Times: Unlocking the Covid Code. Scientists can now sequence an entire genome overnight

Actuarial Events:

• IAA: Introduction to Climate-Related Scenarios (webinar recording)
• CAS: 2021 Virtual Spring Meeting 24^th-27th May
• IFoA: Behavioural Science Series with Keith Grint – Wicked Problems, Clumsy Solutions and Leading Change – webinar, 19^th April (free to IFoA members and non-members)

Actuaries Outside the (Pensions & Insurance) Box:

• IFoA: Exploring the Change – A discussion with IFoA President, Tan Suee Chieh, about the global reach of the actuarial profession and what this perspective means for actuaries now and in the future. (video)
• IFoA Banking Community
• IFoA: Non-Traditional Paths
• CAS: Actuarial Review Presents: A Conversation With Frank Chang by Jessica Leong Frank’s non-traditional journey.
• SOA: Actuaries in Nontraditional Roles – An interview with Laura Bennett, FSA, Co-founder and CEO of Embrace Pet Insurance.

Useful websites:

• GEM (Global Earthquake Model Foundation)
• Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk
• Understanding Risk

Winding up Women’s Month, here is a thought to ponder.

• The Guardian: By changing young people’s attitudes, we can tackle violence against women
• The Independent: The gender gap: Messages that can affect the way boys and girls grow up

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Stay Safe and Happy,

Your News Team: Shubhash, Betty, Pedro and Brian

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