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Canberra targets natural disaster insurance gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... in the year to March 2023, with higher-risk properties copping a 50% increase in premiums, according to the Actuaries Institute. 12% of Australian households are under insurance affordability stress, spending more than four weeks of gross household income ...

U Ethical makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... qualified actuary, fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is president and chair at the Actuaries Institute in Australia. U Ethical cited her experience leading significant financial institutions, saying it would prove beneficial ...

Actuaries Institute challenges boards on skills gaps

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... the paper, The Special Needs of Financial Services Boards. The paper is co-written by Barry Rafe, a former Actuaries Institute president, and Ian Laughlin, a former APRA deputy chair. The paper posits that the misconduct uncovered by the Royal Commission ...

APRA to conduct climate vulnerability assessment on banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... end of the year." Sinden spoke of the CVA process that will apply to banks during a panel discussion at the Actuaries Institute annual summit. "The purpose here is multi-fold," he says. "It's to strengthen the financial sectors' understanding of climate ...

Trustees squeezed by competing climate risk pressures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... outsource that investigation, analysis and engagement, to proxy advisers," Edwards said during a presentation at Actuaries Institute annual summit. "Most of the Australian industry super funds, pretty much all of us use a group called ACSI, and ACSI ...

Measuring the gap between ASX board ethics, exec performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... executives may not reflect those values, posing serious risks for companies, according to research published by the Actuaries Institute. The research identifies a "serious flaw in board governance practices in large complex organisations," according ...

Climate change and public health cannot be viewed in isolation: UNGCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... public health. Last year, /climate-change-ageing-population-to-cause-twin-impacts-actuaries-institute/ the Actuaries Institute released a report, The Impact of Climate Change on Mortality and Retirement Incomes in Australia, which found climate change ...

Climate change, ageing population to cause twin impacts: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... ranging policy responses to manage social, economic and public health implications, according to a report by the Actuaries Institute. Ramona Meyricke The Actuaries Institute have released a report, The Impact of Climate Change on Mortality and Retirement ...

Extreme weather increases through Autumn 2019: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... temperatures in Autumn 2019 was 96% above the long-term average (i.e. a near doubling)," according to the Actuaries Institute The index shows changes in the frequency, or rate of occurrence, of extreme high and low temperatures, heavy precipitation ...

UCA Funds Management appoint independent directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Management has appointed Lindsay Mann and Jane Bell as independent non-executive directors. Mann is a fellow of the Actuaries Institute and has more than 40 years' financial services experience. He retired as regional head, Asia, of First State Investments ...
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