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Stochastic Modeling for Life Insurance: Preparing for Solvency II and a Principle-Based Approach to Reserves and Capital As recently as the mid-1990's, most models used in the financial analysis of insurance were deterministic, based on static parameters …

Risk Measurement - Is VAR the right measure? In this presentation Deirdre and Padraic examine various different risk measures, discussing their relative strengths and weaknesses and their use in regulatory systems. There is a particular focus on VAR given …

Diversified Growth Funds Diversified Growth Funds – most pension funds in Ireland have relied heavily on equities for their allocation to “growth” or “risk” assets.  Over reliance on the equity risk premium has cost many funds both in terms of poor return …

Gender Directive The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Article 5(2) of the Gender Directive 2004/113/EC breaches European Union gender discrimination laws. Article 5(2) currently permits individual member states to differentiate between men …

Communicating Investment Risk- a report from the SAI Working Party As the range of products and fund types increases at an exponential rate, consumers have struggled to keep up with the risks associated with the products being offered.  The financial …

QIS5 Presentation by Central Bank of Ireland The Central Bank of Ireland will present details of its Irish Country Report on QIS5:  …

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT: Life Reinsurance Forum To access podcast please contact the Society:  info@actuaries.ie   Life Reinsurance Podcast Presentation Members only event: Forum Thu, 03/03/2011 - 15:30 3.30pm - Tea/Coffee 4pm - Forum 7pm - Finish Davenport …