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Whither AFIR ?. Hugo Berkouwer Ad Kok Egbert Kromme Maastricht 19 September 2003. Whither AFIR?. The Past. The Present. The Future. Education. To boldly go. Life Non-Life Pensions Health. The Past. ALM studies. The Past. RISK MANAGEMENT. ALM studies. Models.
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Whither AFIR ? Hugo Berkouwer Ad Kok Egbert Kromme Maastricht 19 September 2003
Whither AFIR? The Past The Present The Future Education To boldly go ...
Life Non-Life Pensions Health The Past ALM studies
The Past RISK MANAGEMENT ALM studies
Models Platform Asset & ALM expert Platform Banking Sector Separate section (non-insurance / non-pensions)
AFIR’s Dual Role Traditional areas Further developing financial expertise Risk Management
AFIR’s Dual Role Non-traditional areas Developing new skills and specialisms Financial Risk in general
Education Actuarial Education is lagging behind More in-depth knowledge necessary A more revolutionary approach … ?
AFIR’s M&A A AFIR Risk Management B P
AFIR’s M&A A AFIR B P
AFIR’s M&A M AFIR O W
AFIR’s Transition M A AFIR ? O W
Topics for discussion If actuaries do not become and continue to be actively involved in asset risks, the prominent role they have played in pensions and reinsurance for over a century will soon be history
Topics for discussion The increasing attention for risks in industries other than pensions and insurance and the tendency to manage and insure those risks in alternative ways is a challenge to actuaries. It is in these areas that actuaries can play a significant role. They can and should broaden their scope to become risk officers in a far more general sense
Topics for discussion In order to maintain their prominent position (sub 1) and achieve their involvement elsewhere (sub 2), they will need to expand the educational programs
Topics for discussion Although uniformity in this respect is a Utopia, AFIR International can and should play an initiating and leading role and should liaise with the Educational Committees of the IAA and the Groupe Consultatif