Contract Actuary
Resources
Sites I find useful to keep up to date with industry developments.
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Bank of England
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/subscribe-to-emails
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Email alerts for News, Speeches, publications and announcements.
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New regulations, supervisory statements, interest rate decisions and emerging themes in policy direction. The quarterly Monetary Policy Report also sets out commentary on the state of the economy.
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Insurance ERM
A good website for insurance news in the UK and across Europe. They are a good central source for company and regulatory news. Sign up to daily or weekly email alerts.
(Subs c £1k pa. for 2023 with a free month's trial.)
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Professional Pensions
https://www.professionalpensions.com/
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Good news website, with a focus on the UK pensions industry. Trends, de-risking deal news, people moves etc. They also offer daily email updates.
(Free subs for pensions professionals.)
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SII Technical Data
1) Bank of England
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SII information such as solvency II risk free rates, fundamental spreads etc, published monthly.
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2) EIOPA
https://www.eiopa.europa.eu/tools-and-data/risk-free-interest-rate-term-structures_en
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The equivalent for European firms. Also contains really useful Technical Documentation explaining how the technical information is derived.
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