July News Update
COMPLIANCE
All Ordinary, Affiliate and Associate Members of the Caribbean Actuarial Association are required to do Continuing Professional Development. This requirement became effective 1st January 2010. Please log into the members' area of our website and select the appropriate button from the menu. Attestation closes on 31st August.
The following members are not required to complete the CAA’s CPD Attestation:
a) Student members
b) Retired members who undertake no actuarial work
c) New members, for the year in which they become members
d) New associates, for the year in which they receive their associateship
e) New fellows, who were previously students, for the year in which they receive their fellowship
Please read the entire CPD Policy here before completing your attestation.
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Sessions from our 2022 Conference: The Evolution of the Actuary
are now available to watch on actuview
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JAMAICA MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD AWARDS CEREMONY
On 24th May, the Math Department at UWI Mona presented awards to the winners of their annual Math Olympiad, of which the CAA is a proud sponsor. Stuart South represented us at this event.
Read an overview of the Event on UWI’s website
Watch the entire ceremony here
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SCHOLARSHIPS
The Stephen Alleyne Memorial Scholarship is the Caribbean Actuarial Association’s Scholarship in honour of Stephen Alleyne, one of our first Council members. Candidates must be CARICOM nationals in their final year of the BSc degree in Actuarial Science at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies and have a B+ average or its equivalent and must maintain this average for the duration of the award. Please visit UWI’s website for more details and to apply.
The Caribbean Actuarial Scholarship is endowed by Mike and Mary McLaughlin in honour of Mary’s parents. The Scholarship is awarded through the Actuarial Foundation. For further information and to apply click here.
The Fullerton-Long Caribbean Scholarship, financed by Norbert Fullerton and Andrew Long in conjunction with the IFoA Foundation. For more information, visit the IFoA Foundation.
UWI Links:
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OTHER NEWS
Last week, President Simone Brathwaite participated in the Climate Risk Management for Insurance Companies - Regulation, Implementation and Reporting Conference in Toronto where she spoke on Road to Net-Zero for Insurers.
The Caribbean’s Climate Spokesperson, Barbados’ PM Mia Mottley speaks spoke at the recent Summit for a New Global Financing Pact.
Barbados PM fights for shake-up of global climate finance
Paris talks to focus on funding poor countries to tackle climate crisis
More on Climate:
The Climate Change Adaptation Gap: An Actuarial Perspective New Paper from the IAA
The Climate Change Adaptation Gap: An Actuarial Perspective webinar
Net-zero underwriting in P&C and the growth at stake
Climate Change and the Insurance Industry (podcast)
IAC Masterclass: Health Insurance Claim Administration 19th July
IABA Annual Meeting 3rd-5th August
The IFoA Foundation has recently started publishing a monthly newsletter, Actuaries Supporting Others, on LinkedIn.
The European Actuary Magazine - The Global Actuary
World Bank Group Announces Comprehensive Toolkit to Support Countries After Natural Disasters
Other Associations’ Elections:
Voting now open for IFoA 2023 Council Elections
SOA Candidates for 2023 Board Elections
CAS Announces Candidates for 2023 CAS Elections
We encourage all our members with voting rights in any of these bodies to participate.
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SPECIAL FEATURE: WINDRUSH - 75 YEARS LATER
This June marks the 75th Anniversary of Windrush. On 22nd June 1948, the Empire Windrush docked in the UK carrying 1,025 passengers from Jamaica, Barbados, British Guiana (now Belize) and other then British Territories in our region. These individuals had been encouraged to come to Britain to help rebuild that country post World War II. Many of those individuals faced difficulties there but many also helped shape Britain as it is today.
Windrush 75: What is Windrush and who are the Windrush generation?
Windrush generation celebrated in a series of 10 portraits
Journeys to Hope: archives of the Windrush generation (photos)
Windrush: A Family Divided (podcast)
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Point to Ponder: The truth about our electronic waste
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