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Spring 2020 Data Update to the Actuaries Climate Index
As attention to climate issues grows, ACI provides objective data on key climate measurements Washington, D.C., Arlington, VA, Schaumburg, IL, and Ottawa, ON (Dec. 1, 2020)—With climate risk issues receiving increased focus in 2020 and poised for even greater attention […]
Canada’s actuaries support a standard and open framework for disclosure of ESG risks
Ottawa, November 30, 2020 – The Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) supports Canada’s eight largest pension funds in their call for companies to undertake consistent and improved disclosure of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors according to the Sustainability Accounting […]
Data Update to the Actuaries Climate Index
Long-term measure of extreme climate conditions reached a new high in winter 2019–20 Washington, D.C., Arlington, VA, Schaumburg, IL, and Ottawa, ON (August 26, 2020) –– A multiyear trend of increasing climate condition measurements from the United States and Canada […]
Climate change survey indicates need for better guidance and information
A 2019 survey of CIA members on climate change risks shows that less than one-third of respondents or their companies account for this emerging risk. However, a large percentage of respondents agree that guidance and education about the materiality of climate change risks may help with this type of risk disclosure.
Continuing the evolution of the ACI and ACRI
Since November 2016 the CIA and its partners, the American Academy of Actuaries (AAA), the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), and the Society of Actuaries (SOA), have been publishing the Actuaries Climate Index (ACI).
Actuaries contribute to the climate conversation
We recently celebrated the launch of the Institute’s newest level 2 public statement, Time to Act: Facing the Risks of a Changing Climate.
New climate change milestones call for action from actuaries
Climate change is on all our minds these days. Last month’s flooding in Eastern Canada is just one of many instances of climate-related catastrophes that are occurring more frequently and with increasing impacts on properties, finances, and well-being.
The Indonesian actuarial profession is getting READI
The objective of the project is to establish Indonesia as a regional centre of actuarial excellence by working with high schools and universities, the local professional actuarial association, government agencies, and the insurance and pensions industries, to increase the number of quality Indonesian actuarial science graduates available and to strengthen the profession overall in the region.
Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Risk
cross the country, an increase in the frequency of extreme weather events means Canadian homeowners, communities, governments, and businesses face higher social and financial costs in recovering from weather-related damage. Flooding has emerged as the most pervasive natural disaster in the country.
Frozen Fragments
As I write this, the polar vortex has the western part of our country firmly in its grasp (-30 C coming to work this morning) and the rest of the country is feeling the winter in a lot of different ways.