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By submitting content for publication in Actuaries Digital you confirm that:

• You (and/or other named authors) are the sole author(s) of the article submitted.
• The article you submit is original and has not previously been published (unless you advise us to the contrary).
• You haven’t previously licensed the use of the article you submit.
• As far as you are aware, the submitted article will not infringe any third-party rights, be defamatory or in any way illegal.

All articles published in Actuaries Digital are licensed under a  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives CC BY-NC-ND Version 4.0

Format and style

• MSWord is the preferred format. Text word count may be reduced if an article is too long, and edits may be made to conform to the style of Actuaries Digital.
• Authors need to pay attention to clarity and readability, this will save time during the review process and help us publish your article sooner.

Length

• We recommend no more than 1,000 words for ease of reading. You can always insert links, references and footnotes to expand your content.

Photographs and images

• Images to accompany your article need to adhere to the following specs.
  • Resolution 72dpi (can be found by right-clicking on the photo, selecting properties, details tab and dpi should be listed).
  • Maximum file size is 2MB.
  • Maximum image size is 2000 x 2000 pixels.

Charts and graphs

• Charts, tables and graphs cannot always be extracted from MSWord programs. They must be at high resolution to extract successfully. Ideally, they should be supplied as separate source files (e.g. Excel) or high-resolution jpg/png files. All photos/images must be supplied with captions and should be free of copyright restrictions.

Author credit

• Tell us about yourself in a short bio paragraph (maximum 100 words). Subject to your article being accepted, we will use this to populate the ‘About the author(s)’ field at the end of your article. We also need a suitable portrait image of you – 200 x 200 pixels (preferably a headshot – smiling works well!).

Our purpose is to promote brand actuary and promote connectivity within the profession by providing a platform for actuaries to showcase their diverse talent and thought-leadership to the profession and to those in the industries served by actuaries.

To achieve its purpose, Actuaries Digital:

• Aims to publish articles of interest to actuaries on topics relevant to actuarial involvement and, also source articles from external parties.
• Encourages articles and discussion that promote the objectives of the profession and the Actuaries Institute, however, Actuaries Digital does not provide a forum for opinion or interpretation of scientific facts where actuaries do not have expertise.
• Ensures a high quality to the published articles by requiring an editorial review process to a standard and depth as suitable and relevant to the nature of the online article.
• Encourages all members of the Actuaries Institute and external authors to submit articles, and aims to provide editorial assistance where necessary to achieve this objective.

The Editorial Team:

• Reviews and updates the editorial policy and strategy for Actuaries Digital as required.
• Reviews and updates the contributor’s guidelines for which articles it feels should be published and in what circumstances, as required.
• Generates ideas, receives articles and discussions for publication and manages the review process as required, to determine whether articles and discussions will be published.