International Actuarial Association

08/25/2026

📣 International Actuaries Day is coming up!
🕗 8:00–9:00 AM EDT
🔗 Register now: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ku1OMtqgT0mCknfv7gdCRQ #/registration

We look forward to seeing you there!

To celebrate International Actuaries Day on September 2, 2026, the IAA will bring together actuarial leaders from around the world for a special webinar:

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

This global conversation will explore how the actuarial profession is evolving across different markets, the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of the profession, and the importance of collaboration across borders.

🔸 Speakers:
Jason Vary
Samuel Cywie
Lorraine Njue,
Alexander Wong

🔸 Moderator:
Mike Lombardi

Join IAA President Mike Lombardi, and his guests for a free webinar celebrating International Actuaries Day.

📅 September 2, 2026
🕗 8:00–9:00 AM EDT
🔗 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ku1OMtqgT0mCknfv7gdCRQ #/registration

08/24/2026

Webinar: The Benktander Golden Stairs and Other Parameter-Free Credibility Methods in Loss Reserving

Why use a Chain Ladder when you have Golden Stairs?

The Benktander method has been Professor Walther Neuhaus’ loss reserving method of choice for more than three decades, due to its simplicity and efficiency. To him, it's the Benktander Golden Stairs.
This talk gives a mathematical formulation of the notion that the Benktander method is not too far from optimal, most of the time. It does not claim that the Benktander method is optimal, only that it often is close; in most situations it outperforms the Chain Ladder method with a good margin.
The criterion used to compare methods is “weighted average relative efficiency”. The results dispel the idea that iterating the Bornhuetter-Ferguson method more than once leads to a significant improvement in prediction accuracy.

Date: 22 September 2026
Time: 08:00 AM EDT/ 14:00 CEST

Speaker: Walther Neuhaus
Session Moderator: Joana Gregório Raposo

RSVP To Attend: https://bit.ly/4xcAnQ3

08/21/2026

Asian Actuarial Conference 2026

The IAA was pleased to be represented by Bozenna Hinton, Immediate Past President of the IAA, at the Asian Actuarial Conference 2026 in .

As part of the conference, Bozenna presented a plaque to Alex Hoi Ming Lee, President of the Singapore Actuarial Society, to mark the Society’s 50th anniversary — an important milestone for the actuarial community in Singapore.

The conference brought together actuarial professionals from across Asia and beyond to share knowledge, strengthen connections and explore the future of the profession.

08/12/2026

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐲

🔸 Today, the IAA celebrates the voices, ideas and perspectives of young actuaries shaping the future of our profession.

🔹 The IAA invited young actuaries from South America, Europe, Oceania and Africa to share what they have learned, the skills they have developed, the work they are proud of, and their vision for the future of the profession.

Hear from:

Gustavo Henrique

Nelvis Fornasin

Shashini Abeygunawardena

Kumbirai Matika

🔸 From sharing advice for those considering an actuarial career, to reflecting on what surprised them about the profession, the skills they have developed, and the work they are proud of, their stories offer a glimpse into a profession that continues to evolve.

🔹Which of these questions would you answer? We’d love to hear your perspective in the comments.

08/05/2026

To celebrate International Actuaries Day on September 2, 2026, the IAA will bring together actuarial leaders from around the world for a special webinar:

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

This global conversation will explore how the actuarial profession is evolving across different markets, the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of the profession, and the importance of collaboration across borders.

🔸 Speakers:
Jason Vary
Samuel Cywie
Lorraine Njue,
Alexander Wong

🔸 Moderator:
Mike Lombardi

Join IAA President Mike Lombardi, and his guests for a free webinar celebrating International Actuaries Day.

📅 September 2, 2026
🕗 8:00–9:00 AM EDT
🔗 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ku1OMtqgT0mCknfv7gdCRQ #/registration

08/04/2026

IAALS Webinar | 25 August 2026

Join us for a webinar on: Open IRM – A Publicly Accessible Internal Risk Model of an Artificial Life Insurer for Analyzing and Benchmarking Actuarial Methods in the Solvency II Setting

Predicting and understanding solvency figures is a major challenge for life insurers. Internal risk models provide realistic representations but are typically company-internal, making model understanding and objective benchmarking difficult.

We developed openIRM, an open-source internal risk model for an artificial life insurer. Combining an economic scenario generator based on the G2++ interest-rate model with a cash-flow projection model, it supports realistic simulations and the analysis of actuarial methods under Solvency II.

This talk introduces risk modelling for life insurers, explains how openIRM works, and demonstrates its practical use through a concrete example.

Speaker: Mark-Oliver Wolf
Moderator: Ernst Visser

📅 August 25, 2026 🕖 7:00 AM EDT / 1:00 PM CEST
RSVP To Attend: https://bit.ly/4z0JiFC

07/29/2026

ASTIN Webinar Today | 29 July 2026

Join us today for a webinar on:Individual Loss Reserving for Multi-Coverage Insurance

Individual loss reserving methods have undergone substantial development in the past decade, driven by increased access to granular-level insurance claims data. This research aims to propose a micro loss reserving model tailored for multi-coverage insurance policies, where a single insurance claim might trigger payments from multiple coverage types. A copula-based multivariate regression approach is employed to jointly model the settlement time and loss amount, effectively capturing the dependence among various types of loss amounts and their correlation with the settlement time. We stress the importance of considering both types of dependence for accurate reserving prediction and uncertainty quantification. Furthermore, we propose computationally efficient algorithms for parameter estimation and dynamic prediction. Through numerical experiments and real data analysis, we demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed multivariate predictive model in loss reserving applications.

Speaker: Roxane Turcotte
Moderator: Joana Gregório Raposo

Read the paper here published in the ASTIN Bulletin - Journal of the IAA: https://lnkd.in/dsFTbxXt

RSVP To Attend: https://lnkd.in/darqYT3K

07/22/2026

Actuary in real life: Planning for your retirement.

🔸 You think about saving for the future.
🔸 Behind the scenes, actuaries help design and manage retirement systems by modeling life expectancy, inflation, investment returns, and long-term financial sustainability.

🔸 What you see: A retirement plan.
🔸 What sits behind it: Decades of actuarial analysis helping keep retirement systems sustainable for current and future generations.

07/21/2026

ASTIN Webinar | 29 July 2026

Join us for a webinar on:Individual Loss Reserving for Multi-Coverage Insurance

Individual loss reserving methods have undergone substantial development in the past decade, driven by increased access to granular-level insurance claims data. This research aims to propose a micro loss reserving model tailored for multi-coverage insurance policies, where a single insurance claim might trigger payments from multiple coverage types. A copula-based multivariate regression approach is employed to jointly model the settlement time and loss amount, effectively capturing the dependence among various types of loss amounts and their correlation with the settlement time. We stress the importance of considering both types of dependence for accurate reserving prediction and uncertainty quantification. Furthermore, we propose computationally efficient algorithms for parameter estimation and dynamic prediction. Through numerical experiments and real data analysis, we demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed multivariate predictive model in loss reserving applications.

Speaker: Roxane Turcotte
Moderator: Joana Gregório Raposo

Read the paper here published in the ASTIN Bulletin - Journal of the IAA: https://bit.ly/3RjcXsk

RSVP To Attend: https://bit.ly/4556ggS

07/16/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

Integrated Risk & Capital Management for General Insurers: From Risk Taking to Value Creation

The final three episodes of the ASTIN Masterclass by Yuriy Krvavych and Richard Rodriguez are now available, completing the full eight-part series.

The newly released episodes cover:
▪ Firm Value Management in General Insurance: Fundamentals 🆕
▪ The Calculus of Value Creation 🆕
▪ Effective Management of Operations 🆕

Across the series, Yuriy and Richard explore how integrated risk and capital management drives value creation in general insurance. Drawing on real-world experience, they examine the insurance value chain, market dynamics, and the principles of defining risk appetite, while demonstrating how actuarial science, finance, technology, and natural science work together to support better decision-making.

Participants will gain practical insights into building risk intelligence, applying dynamic capital management frameworks, and making sound decisions under uncertainty—the essential capabilities of modern insurance leaders.

ASTIN Section members enjoy complimentary access to all ASTIN Masterclasses. Log in to your account to watch the complete series, or join the ASTIN Section to access this and all previously released Masterclasses.

▶ Watch the trailer and access the Masterclass: https://bit.ly/4aem2Jw