Publication archives
Research report: CIA Member Ethical Concerns Survey – Summary Report
This survey has been authorized by the CIA Research Council, and its purpose is to enhance the effectiveness of the CIA’s continuing education by having a better understanding of the ethical landscape for Canadian actuaries. In particular, the survey’s findings […]
14th Survey of Emerging Risks – Data Visualizations
These interactive dashboards are visualizations of key metrics found in the report. They provide filtering, drill-down, and other interactive capabilities that allow you to focus on specific subsets of the data.
14th Survey of Emerging Risks
The year 2020 will be remembered for a long time, both for events that caused death and destruction as well as for acts of kindness. The medical profession and other essential workers stepped up in ways that created burdens on […]
14th Survey of Emerging Risks – Executive Summary
The year 2020 will be remembered for a long time, both for events that caused death and destruction as well as for acts of kindness. The medical profession and other essential workers stepped up in ways that created burdens on […]
Research paper: Pandemic Risk Management: Resources Contingency Planning and Allocation
This paper investigates contingency planning and resources allocation from a risk management perspective, as opposed to the prevailing supply chain perspective. The key idea is that the competition for limited critical resources is not only present in different geographical locations […]
Member’s paper: The Future of COVID-19 in Ontario: Variants, Vaccines, and Avoiding Future Waves
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the one consistent theme has been the constantly changing environment, making it difficult to predict future outcomes. These changes have included new variants that are more infectious, the impact of vaccines, seasonality, and dynamic government intervention […]
Member paper: A Mathematical Model for Assessing the Impacts of Policies Related to the Funding of Pension Plans
The paper demonstrates how the model can be applied to assessing the long-term impacts of the following three funding-related measures on a pension plan: (1) an amortization rule, (2) the design of provision for adverse deviations, and (3) an investment […]
Report on Canadian Economic Statistics 1924–2020
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Report on Canadian Economic Statistics 1924–2020 – Tables
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Research paper: Hedging longevity risk in the Canadian market
We present some of the results developed in the thesis of Giannini (2020), where an extensive study is performed on the effectiveness of several mortality/longevity-linked financial derivatives in hedging annuity portfolios’ longevity risk. We will not treat cashflow hedges like […]