Weekly Update – May 26

Hi Everyone,

Congratulations to Antiguan Liam Benjamin who has made history in the USA. Liam sat and passed, not the usual one or two SOA exams, but SEVEN, while still in university!

Here’s the latest Caribbean Economic Report from Marla Dukharan.

Actuarial Updates:

Articles/Papers:

• The SOA Announces First Component of Modernized Education System
• SOA: International Financial Reporting for Insurers (IFRI) Certificate Program
• The Actuary (SOA): Actuaries Speak A roundtable interview with three actuarial leaders who share their unique perspectives on communication
• IFoA Blog: Actuarial careers insight: What does a Business Development actuary do?

Events & Webinars:

• CAS Virtual Spring Meeting 24^th-27^th May
• CIA: Virtual Professionalism Workshop 26^th May
• Actuarial Association of Europe: European Actuarial Days 2021 2^nd & 3^rd June
• SOA: Health Meeting 14^th-16^th June
• CIA Annual Conference 15^th-18^th June
• TASK (Kenya): Navigating IFRS17 Challenges (recording)

Elections are open in several actuarial bodies. We encourage all who have voting rights in any of these bodies to exercise those rights.  

• SOA Elections
• IFoA Elections
• CIA Elections (member must log in to access page)

Food for Thought

Most American Presidents go on the lecture circuit after leaving the White House. Here’s one who followed a different path and, forty years later at 96, continues on that extraordinary path of public service in human rights, civil rights and preserving the environment. A lesson there for other politicians and, indeed, all of us?

Climate Corner

• International Energy Agency: Net‐Zero Emissions by 2050
• The Guardian: Twenty firms produce 55% of world’s plastic waste, report reveals
• Live Science: Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ close to tipping point, unmanned sub reveals

Stay tuned for details on another exciting webinar coming to you in June!

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