Note: I have directly consulted the co-ordinators of the CPD scheme at the IFoA concerning whether this presentation may be treated as eligible for the purposes of Professional Skills Training.

The response I received was as follows:

"The CPD Scheme enables individual members to assess whether an activity meets a personal development need and leads to an identifiable learning outcome. As such, both you and any other members who view the video may count it towards fulfilling the PST requirement, provided there is a learning outcome."

In addition the team at the IFoA noted the following definitions under the IFoA's CPD scheme:

• CPD activities: "Activities that involve development and learning relevant to a Member’s Actuarial Work (current or future) or professional development, which address a personal development need and have an identifiable Learning Outcome. Those activities can be wide ranging and include, for example, lectures, seminars, workshops, webinars, personal reading and research. It could also potentially include carrying out Actuarial Work where that has a relevant Learning Outcome.”

• Professional Skills Training: "CPD Activities with a Learning Outcome related to managing professional ethical challenges."

Please may I ask all actuaries who are intending to use this presentation to meet part of their annual CPD requirements to bear the above comments in mind.

I wish to take this opportunity to thank the co-ordinators of the IFoA CPD scheme for their time engaging with me on this presentation. I also wish to thank the senior actuaries who provided me with feedback on the presentation during its preparation phase.