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Actuaries Institute names 2014 president

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Daniel Smith has been named president of the Actuaries Institute for 2014 as the body announces a number of leadership changes for the New Year. Smith, who takes over from former president John Newman, will be joined by former Actuary of the Year Estelle ...

Actuaries Institute names new CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013

TAL life chief actuary to head global association

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
TAL Life chief actuary and former Actuaries Institute president Fred Rowley will take up office as president-elect of the International Actuarial Association (IAA) from 1 January 2014 and is expected to become president in 2015. The International Actuarial ...

APRA to focus on reinsurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... insurers to particular reinsurer groups," she said during a session of regulation update organised by the Actuaries Institute. With this update, APRA wants to understand "the impact that the downgrade or failure of one of these reinsurers would have ...

Howes to join AMP wealth management business

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
Melinda Howes, the departing chief executive of the Actuaries Institute is set to take a position with AMP in its wealth management business. While her reporting line is still being finalised due to internal restructures within AMP, her title will be ...

Actuaries Institute recruiting after CEO resignation

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
The Actuaries Institute hopes to make a new chief executive appointment within the coming months, after the resignation of current head Melinda Howes. Howes was the chief executive of the Actuaries Institute for nearly four years and resigned yesterday. ...

Retirees could benefit from a vibrant annuities market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
At the Actuaries Summit held in Sydney this week, Professor Anthony Asher of the Actuaries Institute's Retirement Income Working Group stressed the need to develop a "vibrant annuity market", in line with much of the rest of the world. "It's very difficult ...

Budget gets nod of approval from industry bodies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... stuck to its word and did not introduce any more changes to superannuation in tonight's Budget," he said. The Actuaries Institute applauded the confirmation of the pre-announced changes to remove the inequitable tax treatment of deferred lifetime annuities ...

Deferred annuity tax reforms safeguard retirees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... reform for retirees in Australia. Towers Watson, along with some industry and professional bodies such as the Actuaries Institute, has advocated this change because of the growing importance of retirement risks," Boal said. Those risks include the growing ...

TAL hires new chief actuary

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... in both Australia and the UK," said TAL's chief financial officer Kent Griffin. Rowley was president of the Actuaries Institute in 2007, and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland in 2009 for services to the actuarial ...