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As announced at our Annual Convention 2024, Andrew Smith has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland.

The SAI President, Roz Briggs, will formally confer Andrew Smith with his Honorary Fellowship following a presentation given by Andrew - Description of the presentation: If Not Normal, then What?, on, Thursday, 13th Februray 2025, in the Alex Hotel, 41-47 Fenian St, Dublin. 

The President Rosalind Briggs launched the new term with her SAI presidential Address in the The Alex Hotel Dublin on the 5th of September 2024 You can read her presidential speech here.

The consultation can be found at the following link: Public consultation on National Implementation of EU Harmonised Rules on Artificial Intelligence (AI Act) - DETE (enterprise.gov.ie)

The Society of Actuaries in Ireland's Demography Committee has published a report examining the level of excess all-cause mortality experienced in Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic. The report offers insights beyond the tally of reported COVID-19 fatalities.  

Focusing specifically on the first two years of the pandemic, 2020 and 2021, it examines excess deaths as a metric in understanding the pandemic's impact.

Click on the link below to read the full report.

The May 2024 edition of the SAI Newsletter has been published featuring Society news, important updates, as well as highlights from recent Society events and an exclusive interview with new SAI Chief Executive Brian Grimes. 

The SAI has provided a response to the Department of Finance on its recent consultation paper for a review of the Standard Fund Threshold regime in the Irish pensions landscape.