CAA Weekly News Update – 7th October

Have You registered yet for our Annual Conference from the 7th to the 9th December in Barbados?

On 25th October, John Robinson, present at the start of the CAA, will be inaugurated as President of the Society of Actuaries, the world’s largest actuarial body. Those who can, please register to attend the 2022 SOA ImpACT Conference in person from the 23rd to the 26th of October and show support for one of our Caribbean actuaries! There is also a virtual component, from the 26th to the 28th, for those who cannot attend in person. Drop us a line if you’ll be there in person.

Congratulations to member Ronald Poon-Affat on his recent Award from the Institute of Brazilian Actuaries in recognition of his outstanding work on growing the profession in Brazil! Parabens, Ronaldinho!

Last week President Simone Brathwaite and other senior CAA Members spoke at CAIR’s Annual Meeting to update them on our new committees, results of our latest IFRS 17 Survey, our ongoing Mortality Study and other items of interest to both organisations.

Continuing the series on The New Actuary, our Industry Growth Task Force interviewed Nikita Gibson, Chair of our Regional Issues Subcommittee. Read the interview here.

Recently, our Regional Issues Subcommittee teamed up with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados for a Special Newsletter on Barbados’ Social Security Scheme.

Did you miss the International Actuarial Association‘s recent Real-life Experiences of Standard Setting webinar with Birgit Kaiser of the German Association of Actuaries and the CAA’s Lisa Wade? The recording is now up on the IAA’s YouTube channel.

 Videos from Convention A, the recent online Event for actuaries of all specialties, are now being uploaded to actuview. Sessions you might want to watch include:

• Simone Brathwaite, our President, joined Cynthia Egbunonu and Katherine Nylander to speak at IACA’s Diversity & Inclusion

• Diversity of Thought, Episode 13: Embracing Difference Without Discomfort with Cathy Lyn, Tonya Manning, Marjorie Ngwenya and the team.