The Institute fully supports Government’s steps to address the financial advice gap in Australia, where many consumers cannot access or afford full personal advice. Overall, and subject to a few qualifications around superannuation trustee certainty, advice through superannuation limitations and targeted superannuation prompts, the Institute believes these reforms represents positive developments which should increase access to and affordability of financial advice and guidance.

The Institute supports effectively regulated capital markets, both public and private, in Australia and globally. In relation to private markets, our main concern is that some retail investors may not fully understand what they are purchasing. To support informed retail investor participation, more transparency of fees, risks and performance will help consumers compare the different investments across private and public market options.

Get an introduction to value-based care, a value-based care framework and delve into barriers to implementing value-based care, lessons from other parts of the world and Actuaries and value-based care.

The Institute broadly supports the ‘payday super’ exposure draft legislation to require employers to pay their employees’ super at the same time as their salary and wages and to help ensure individuals receive the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contributions to which they are entitled. Focusing on appropriate treatment of individuals with defined benefit (DB) interests, we recommend that the SG compliance test for accumulation members in DB arrangements be based on the employer contributions actually paid (or credited from reserves).

This session aims to provide a best practice overview and guiding principles for catastrophe model evaluation and validation that is useful for end users.

Watch the recent presentation, for actuaries seeking to gain insight into catastrophe model evaluation.

Hear from Alex Scandurra, Chief AI & Data Officer, Actuaries Institute at a recent Data Science Meet Up.

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This session brings insights from board members, leading actuaries, global thought leaders and general insurance experts to challenge the status quo and provide inspiration for how the role of the actuary will evolve in coming years.

Watch the recent recording of our recent International Women’s Day Celebration Event.

The Institute supports the Government’s decision to ban adverse genetic test results in life insurance underwriting. This will give the Australian community certainty and assurance on the way forward and support medical advances that can benefit society in many potentially profound ways. As genetics research is a rapidly advancing field, we recommend policy that can adapt to the advances in genetics so that life insurance balances accessibility of insurance and equity to the insured population as a whole.

This statement highlights key public policy positions of the Institute relating to climate change.

Reinsurance is a critical element of risk management for general insurance. The Institute welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on reinsurance settings to assist in maintaining access for Australian insurers to global reinsurance arrangements and high-quality alternative protection markets.

Two page guidelines for members volunteering to help with the Hackathon

In its Pre-Budget submission for 2025\26, the Institute supports measures to: target cost of living relief; increase investment to capture opportunities and build resilience against climate change and technological shifts (including AI, cyber risk, and quantum computing); progress reforms in healthcare funding, the retirement income system, and disability and rehabilitation schemes; consider future tax reform to address inequality; and further invest in education to support a future STEM workforce.

In its 2025-26 Pre-Budget submission, the Actuaries Institute identifies key priorities to strengthen economic resilience and social equity, calling out five key areas for the Government to consider.

Actuaries Institute 2025 President Win-Li Toh said at a time when society was witnessing increasing division, extreme views and polarising opinions, actuaries stood out as trusted advisers who were skilled at collaborating with businesses and governments to ‘connect the dots’, find solutions, and help manage risk.

Meeting minutes from the General Insurance Practice Committee meeting in November 2024.