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ATTENTION SOA CANDIDATES:
The CAA in association with the SOA will present a webinar on SOA Exam Techniques on Thursday, 14th October at 5:00pm EST, 4:00pm AST/EDT. Presenters from the SOA will go through all the recent changes to their educational requirements and exams.
Registration information will be shared within the week.
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Something Special: Official virtual launch of NAWA: Network of Actuarial Women and Allies 7th October from 3:00 -5:00pm EDT/AST. 2:00-4:00pm EST.
What else we’re watching:
- CAS: In Focus Virtual Seminar 13th October
- IFoA: The Growth Mindset for Actuaries – web series, 13th October – 8th December
- IAA: International Actuarial Note on IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts 18th October
What we’re reading:
- IFoA: The Poverty Premium in Insurance
- SOA: Exciting Educational Enhancements
- ICA2023: Call for Abstracts
Climate Corner:
- IFoA: Sustainability Series: Net Zero: Putting Interventions into Practice – 7th October
- This study suggests that after a forest burns it will take 100 years of regrowth to scrub an amount of CO2 equal to what it produced while burning.
- NY Times: California’s Wildfires Had an Invisible Impact: High Carbon Dioxide Emissions
- The Guardian: Deep impact: the underwater photographers bringing the ocean’s silent struggle to life
- The Guardian: Waste from one bitcoin transaction ‘like binning two iPhones’
Food for Thought:
Will we ever strike the right balance that allows thought leaders to express their ideas yet still blocks the bigots and predators?Where do we draw the line? The Atlantic:How much intellectual life is now stifled because of fear of what a poorly worded comment would look like if taken out of context and spread on Twitter?
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