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COMING SOON: New webinars on Banking, Social Security and Climate Change!
Lots of exciting new projects are in the cards and we need volunteers to make them happen! What’s your area of expertise, or your passion? Life, P&C, Social Security, Pensions, Climate, Diversity, Mentoring? Fellows, associates and students are all invited. Please contact the Secretariat if you want to be part of The Plan.
West Indies Economic Conference WECON 2022 10th-11th March (hybrid: UWI Dept. of Economic, Mona & livestreamed on Zoom)
IDB Session: Digital Infrastructure & Development in the Caribbean
IDB Caribbean Quarterly Economic Bulletin
What else we’re watching & reading:
- The Actuary (IFoA): Kit Yates: maths for the masses
- CIA: South African actuarial success in elusive banking opportunities
- Loop: PM Mottley: Low birth rate could lead to labour crisis in 15 years
- Pensions Expert: Are DC retirees second-class citizens in a two-tier workplace market?
- LinkedIn: Public awareness of the importance of retirement planning in Jamaica
- IMF Weekend: War in Ukraine | Sustainable Finance | Cash in Fragile States | Ethics of Public Finance
- IFoA: Managing the Online Examination Format 14th March
- Barbados Risk & Insurance Management (BRIM) Conference 21st -22nd March. Day 2 includes a panel on The Evolving Business of Pensions with our own Lisa Wade and Stephen Robinson.
- ASHK and IAALS/PBSS Colloquium: Global Pandemic – Beyond the New Normal 27th-28th April
Save the Date: Convention A 19th-23rd September. Including four hours of content from Cathy Lyn and her Diversity team.
Climate Corner:
The latest Report from the IPCC has been published. You can download the entire Report or various sections at Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
COVID-19 Updates:
- Deloitte: COVID-19 impacts on health plan finance, actuarial, and analytics
- STAT: As mask mandates fade, experts say use of masks likely will not
- The Guardian: How Covid changed medicine for the future
- CNN: As BA.2 subvariant of Omicron rises, lab studies point to signs of severity
Reminders:
Online CPD attestation for 2021 is open. All Ordinary, Affiliate and Associate Members of the Caribbean Actuarial Association are required to do Continuing Professional Development. Please read the entire CPD Policy here then complete your attestation by logging into the members’ area of our website and selecting the appropriate button from the menu on the left of your screen.
The 2023 International Congress of Actuaries, Bridge to Tomorrow, is taking place next year in Sydney, Australia. Those of you who have been hoping to present at this premier event must submit your abstracts by 31st March 2022. Good Luck! More about ICA 2023 here.
SOA Actuarial Science Early Career Award. The early career award is intended to encourage researchers to contribute to the field of actuarial science and to set examples of excellent actuarial research in colleges and universities. Submissions close on 31st May.
UWI (Official Nominator)invites Applications for Prestigious, £1 Million Earthshot Prize
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