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1 CPD Point

Modelling Deglobalisation - Lessons for Actuaries

An Actuaries Institute Insights session examined how deglobalisation scenarios could affect claims inflation, asset risk and investment portfolios, and why actuaries' skills stay highly transferable in these uncertain economic environments.

Risk Insights Working Group

26 August 2026

1 CPD Point

Presidential Reflections: The Value Question

President Scott Reeves reflects on eight months of member conversations testing his 2026 theme on customer value, covering career broadening, AI governance, education, volunteering and engagement across Australia and Asia.

Scott Reeves

25 August 2026

1 CPD Point

I Am an Actuary: Six Different Careers Built on One Qualification

Six actuaries, at different career stages and working across life insurance, general insurance, banking, superannuation and consulting, share the winding, often unplanned paths that led them into the profession and the lessons they have picked up along the way.

Martin Mulcare

23 August 2026

1 CPD Point

The use of genetic testing results in life insurance

Australia has passed legislation banning genetic discrimination in life insurance underwriting, effective 8 October 2026, replacing the 2019 industry moratorium following AGLIMMER findings of ongoing discrimination against genetic testing participants.

Wilma Terblanche

19 August 2026

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1 CPD Point

Life expectancies: The missing assumption in retirement income strategy

Retirement projections often rely on one life expectancy assumption applied across an entire membership. This article proposes segmenting retirees by Age Pension eligibility instead, reflecting real longevity differences and producing more accurate, member-specific retirement income and drawdown rate projections.

Philip Clark

18 August 2026

1 CPD Point

Under the Spotlight with Sasa Hu

Sasa Hu traces her career from pricing actuary in Australia to regional CEO in reinsurance, sharing the deliberate pivots, including her move into agricultural underwriting, that carried her from technical specialist to regional executive leader over two decades.

Actuaries Institute, Sasa Hu

12 August 2026

1 CPD Point

Return of the Damned Child: Understanding ENSO in a Changing Climate

ENSO is one of the world's most influential climate phenomena, driving floods, bushfires and rainfall extremes across the Asia-Pacific. Actuaries Alexander Pui and Bruce Buckley examine forecasting limitations and how climate change is reshaping ENSO's future behaviour and risk impacts.

Alexander Pui , Dr. Bruce Buckley

10 August 2026

1 CPD Point

Actuaries Built to Pivot: The seat, the mode and the cycle

At the 2026 All Actuaries Summit, Karan Anand argued AI is unbundling actuarial work, and that abductive reasoning is the mode of thinking that keeps actuaries essential as routine analysis becomes automated quickly.

Actuaries Institute

5 August 2026

1 CPD Point

The world enters the age of competition: Reflections on the WEF Global Risks Report 2026

The WEF Global Risks Report 2026 highlights a turbulent decade of geopolitical, economic, technological and environmental risk, with direct implications for actuaries managing emerging financial and insurance exposures.

Risk Insights Working Group

3 August 2026

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1 CPD Point

When algorithms set your premium

Dr Fei Huang recaps a Wharton and UNSW workshop on AI in insurance, covering fairness definitions, gameable audit tools, affordability gaps and evolving state regulation facing actuaries and insurers.

Dr Fei Huang

29 July 2026

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1 CPD Point

Can innovative rating factors delivered by prospective risk equalisation fix private health insurance?

This article examines rating factor selection in prospective risk equalisation (RE) for private health insurance (PHI). It outlines statistical factors such as age, gender and chronic disease, and commercial factors such as consumer behaviour and provider choice, shaping insurer incentives.

Simon Lim

27 July 2026

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1 CPD Point

From 2009 to 2°C: Climate change, mortality and morbidity in Australia

The 2009 Victorian heatwave was a health system stress test. This article looks at what 2 degrees of warming means for mortality and morbidity risk.

Mike Thornton

22 July 2026

1 CPD Point

The Associate Edition: Crochet and curiosity

Simran Chaturvedi shares her actuarial career across two countries, crochet handbags and why curiosity matters most on the path to becoming an Associate.

Simran Chaturvedi

20 July 2026

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1 CPD Point

How will your FCR consider Quantum Computing this year?

Quantum computers could soon break today's encryption, threatening data stolen now but decrypted later. Appointed Actuaries should weigh this cyber risk carefully in FCRs, alongside emerging quantum opportunities for insurers.

Joey Chen, David Minty

14 July 2026

1 CPD Point

Should we be surprised when underdogs win penalty shootouts?

Actuary Hugh Miller applies statistical testing to World Cup penalty shootout results, asking whether underdog victories like Paraguay's win over Germany are genuine surprises. The analysis finds stronger teams hold a real, modest edge, leaving plenty of room for upsets.

Hugh Miller

13 July 2026

1 CPD Point

Resilience and progress: Semester 1, 2026 results

Semester 1, 2026 results show 470 students passed and 110 are now eligible for Fellowship designation.

Mike Callan

12 July 2026

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Modelling Deglobalisation - Lessons for Actuaries

Presidential Reflections: The Value Question

I Am an Actuary: Six Different Careers Built on One Qualification

The use of genetic testing results in life insurance

Life expectancies: The missing assumption in retirement income strategy

Under the Spotlight with Sasa Hu

Return of the Damned Child: Understanding ENSO in a Changing Climate

Actuaries Built to Pivot: The seat, the mode and the cycle

The world enters the age of competition: Reflections on the WEF Global Risks Report 2026

When algorithms set your premium

Can innovative rating factors delivered by prospective risk equalisation fix private health insurance?

From 2009 to 2°C: Climate change, mortality and morbidity in Australia

The Associate Edition: Crochet and curiosity

How will your FCR consider Quantum Computing this year?

Should we be surprised when underdogs win penalty shootouts?

Resilience and progress: Semester 1, 2026 results

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