Congratulations to Dana Reyes and Tyrese Clement, students at UWI St. Augustine, on being awarded the Fullerton-Long Scholarship. Many thanks to Andrew Long and Norbert Fullerton for their philanthropy.
Other Actuarial Scholarships tenable at The University of the West Indies are the Caribbean Actuarial Scholarship, endowed by Mike and Mary McLaughlin through the Actuarial Foundation, and our own Stephen Alleyne Memorial Scholarship, named in honour of one of our original Council members who passed away in 2007.
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Congratulations to Hon. Mia Amor Mottley on her re-election as Barbados’ Prime Minister. Many of us are still talking about her contribution to our 2020 Conference.
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What else we’re watching & reading:
- Pensions Expert: 2022: How data can go wrong
- Jamaica’s Houses of Parliament PUBLIC NOTICE: Joint Select Committee of Parliament has been appointed to consider and report on its review of “The Protected Disclosures Act, 2011” (“Whistle Blower” Act)
- IMF: Fragile and Conflict-Affected Economies Are Falling Further Behind
- IMF: A New Trust to Help Countries Build Resilience and Sustainability
Climate Corner:
- The Actuary (IFoA): UK’s third climate change risk assessment published
- The Actuary (IFoA): Decarbonizing Our Economy
- Actuaries Digital (Aus): Credit rating agencies in managing climate risk
- AAA: RESEARCH REPORT on Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Climate Risk Disclosure Survey
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UWI Mona Department of Mathematics has asked us to share the following job opening: Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer in Actuarial Science
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COVID-19 Updates:
- Actuary.eu: Life and non-life insurance are the two sides of the Covid-19 coin
- NY Times: Omicron and long Covid
- ECLAC Will Release the Latest Poverty and Inequality Figures in the Context of the Prolonged Health and Social Crisis Linked to COVID-19
- Loop: COVID study sheds light on vaccine hesitancy in 6 Caribbean countries
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