Manchester life convention

[wellinghall]

Plenary sessions:
Principles Based Regulation and its Effect on Actuaries and our Customers
Commercial Skills
Retail Distribution Review
The Changing Role of the Life Actuary - From Function Holder to Strategic Risk and Capital Manager

Breakout sessions / workshops:
Excess Mortality from Influenza Pandemics
Working Party Session - Actuarial Processes and Controls - Best Practice
The Winds of Change (the Implications of Climate Change to Business Performance)
Yield Curves Revisited
The Longevity Revolution

Comments

[romancinger.livejournal.com]

Excess Mortality from Influenza Pandemics

Ooh, ow!

Yield Curves Revisited

Sounds more fun ;-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Both were very interesting. I was convinced by the second (telling us that we should look at subtle changes in patterns of interest rates). The first told us that any flu pandemic was likely to be significantly better than 1918, although possibly worse than the outbreaks of the 50s and 60s.