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1 CPD Point

The car park decision: How the Aged Care Working Group aims to make a difference

The Institute's Aged Care Working Group calls for simpler means testing, a clearer My Aged Care portal and a stronger approach to the financial resilience of residential aged care providers.

Catherine Nance, Candice Ming

9 October 2026

1 CPD Point

How to meet your new two-hour GenAI requirement: A practical guide

From 1 October 2026, Council requires all Members to complete two hours of GenAI-focused Continuing Professional Development each membership year under the revised PS 1 standard, and this guide sets out four practical, flexible ways Members can meet that new requirement.

Andrew Zheng

7 October 2026

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1 CPD Point

Bridging the divide between financial reporting and regulatory capital

FRS 17 and Solvency II measure the same insurance contracts for different purposes, and the gaps between them are costly if missed. This article compares grouping, expense allocation, discounting and the allowance for risk under each framework.

Michael Winkler, Sunil Kansal

6 October 2026

1 CPD Point

Winter 2026: Record warmth and concentrated rainfall

The Australian Actuaries Climate Index posted its 44th consecutive positive value in Winter 2026, driven by record warm nights, South Australia's wettest winter since 1978 and elevated sea levels nationwide.

Emma Vitz, Andrew Shan

2 October 2026

1 CPD Point

Spotlight on Andrea Cross

Andrea Cross, Treasury's first Chief AI Officer, explains what her Stanford scholarship taught her: people and culture, not technology alone, decide whether artificial intelligence transformation succeeds across Australian government.

Actuaries Institute, Andrea Cross

1 October 2026

1 CPD Point

The Price of Fairness: Lessons from Granular Pricing Around the World

Comparing annuity pricing granularity in the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States, this article examines trade-offs between fairness, complexity and sustainability, alongside new Australian actuaries survey views on preferred granularity.

Cindy Vuong, Hamish Wilson

28 September 2026

1 CPD Point

Data for good: how actuaries helped six charities solve real problems

Six volunteer actuary teams each spent two months pairing with one charity, turning incomplete or scattered data into a practical, ready-to-use analytical tool, from dashboards to bespoke funding calculators, for six not-for-profit partners across Australia in the 2026 Actuarial Hackathon.

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23 September 2026

1 CPD Point

Lottery Ticket: A Critical Line Puzzle

While digging through the Institute’s lost and found box an old lottery ticket has been found. Can you solve the puzzle?

James Lindesay

22 September 2026

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1 CPD Point

Tackling regulatory complexity: applications in retirement

Regulatory complexity in retirement policy crowds out sound financial advice. This opinion piece examines the Age Pension asset test, work bonus and superannuation concessions that could be simplified.

Anthony Asher

21 September 2026

1 CPD Point

The actuarial profession and Indigenous Australia together

Robert Baillie recounts discovering Aboriginal ancestry through a DNA test, tracing his descent, and considers identity, data sovereignty and lessons for the actuarial profession.

Robert Baillie

18 September 2026

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1 CPD Point

So that generative AI thing still seems pretty popular

This Normal Deviance column marks three years since ChatGPT's launch, tracking generative AI's capability gains, broad workplace adoption, hallucination fatigue, robotics progress and its wider economic and environmental impacts.

Hugh Miller

16 September 2026

1 CPD Point

The Far Reaching Insurance Impacts of the Middle East Conflict

Middle East conflict-driven oil shocks are reshaping motor and home insurance in Australia, altering claims frequency, repair costs, sum insureds and reinsurance terms, and requiring actuaries to blend historical data with judgement and scenario testing for pricing and reserving decisions.

Joshua Martin

14 September 2026

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1 CPD Point

How AI Is reshaping fraud detection, insurance analytics and data governance

Analytics specialists from AUSTRAC, Suncorp and the University of Melbourne discussed how AI and alternative data are transforming fraud detection and insurance analytics, while accountability must remain firmly with actuaries.

Risk Insights Working Group

11 September 2026

1 CPD Point

From Earthquake Models to AI Start-ups: Sam Zheng on the Bet No Actuary "Runs the Numbers" On

Sam Zheng, the Actuaries Institute's 2026 Actuary of the Year, left actuarial pricing roles at Suncorp and Zurich to co-found Hyper Anna and Curious Thing. He now leads AI studio 477 Studio, sharing lessons on risk, unlearning and startup pivots.

Actuaries Institute

10 September 2026

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1 CPD Point

TPD in Super – what is it good for?

TPD cover has become the default, and often only, disability benefit provided through super. The Actuaries Institute's Insurance in Super Sub-Committee finds that funds share no consistent objective, definition or design standard for TPD, creating confusion and undermining member outcomes.

Insurance in Super Sub-Committee

8 September 2026

1 CPD Point

An actuary abroad: The stopover and the climb

Two actuaries share how careers across Singapore and Hong Kong shaped them differently — one moving permanently into regional leadership, the other returning home with new perspective and empathy.

Robert Xu

3 September 2026

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The car park decision: How the Aged Care Working Group aims to make a difference

How to meet your new two-hour GenAI requirement: A practical guide

Bridging the divide between financial reporting and regulatory capital

Winter 2026: Record warmth and concentrated rainfall

Spotlight on Andrea Cross

The Price of Fairness: Lessons from Granular Pricing Around the World

Data for good: how actuaries helped six charities solve real problems

Lottery Ticket: A Critical Line Puzzle

Tackling regulatory complexity: applications in retirement

The actuarial profession and Indigenous Australia together

So that generative AI thing still seems pretty popular

The Far Reaching Insurance Impacts of the Middle East Conflict

How AI Is reshaping fraud detection, insurance analytics and data governance

From Earthquake Models to AI Start-ups: Sam Zheng on the Bet No Actuary "Runs the Numbers" On

TPD in Super – what is it good for?

An actuary abroad: The stopover and the climb

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