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News

Previous newsletters

February 2025

Announcements

01/01/2025

I am marking the start of the year with this campaign for IFoA Council. Please come back for further updates - my plan is to issue a regular newsletter (starting from February) and record ad hoc announcements here.

06/03/2025

I am delighted to say that my campaign is now ready for launch. It took much longer than I expected! However most of the extra time was due to some extremely helpful constructive feedback from some good actuarial friends and I want to take this opportunity to extend them my gratitude for all of their insightful comments.

I am waiting on confirmation of whether my presentation can be classed as eligible for the purposes of Professional Skills Training. I hope to confirm the position soon.

31/03/2025

I have received some helpful guidance from the Professional Skills Training Team of the IFoA. I have quoted the key extracts on the webpage containing my presentation to enable my actuarial peers to judge whether they may claim CPD in respect of the video.

March 2025

April / May 2025

30/05/2025

I have completed the process for putting myself forward for IFoA Council and wish to extend my thanks to my proposer and seconder for their support. Voting opens shortly (Thursday 5 June) so I have been busy making the case for my campaign, both online and in-person.

June 2025

August 2025

A somewhat belated update to my website, but I wanted to record the key parts of my statement that I published on LinkedIn at the start of July:

The results of the 2025 election for IFoA Council have now been published. Unfortunately I failed to secure the democratic mandate for my platform, despite the 279 voters who endorsed it. Nonetheless I am pleased that I was afforded the opportunity to raise the talking points that I put out and I hope that my actuarial peers found the content thought-provoking.

I want to take this opportunity to congratulate those elected and extend my very best wishes to each of them as they assume their responsibilities as IFoA Council members.

I want to conclude by reiterating my thanks to everyone who supported me during this initiative.

For anyone interested in the exact numbers, I have taken a record of them here.

I am now shifting my attention to some personal projects. I am keen to make use of this website as a resource to support my endeavours so I expect to revamp it. However I ma balancing this against other commitments, so it will probably be some time in H1 2026 before the revised website is up!

Best wishes

Sheridan