OAC Focus - Q4/09
The Actuarial Profession - Life Convention 2009 Edition Topics include: Solvency II; Impact of latest regulatory changes on the IFA distribution channel; Future direction of regulation; Risk and capital management; Complaint management; Retail Distribution Review; Technical Actuarial Standard for Modelling; Technical Actuarial Standard for Insurance Business; The way ahead for actuarial contractors.
Recent instructions have involved a wide range of bodies or institutions including:
Solicitors and Barristers involved in litigation matters, mediation and alternative dispute resolution arrangements.
Expert witness reports for the FSA (including the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal), other regulators and ombudsmen.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
The Department of Trade and Industry.
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
The Crown Prosecution Service.
The High Court.
County Courts.
Employment Tribunals.
Special Commissioners.
Cases have also been very varied ranging from major disputes in the High Court that could impact a whole of an industry to the satisfactory resolution of individual cases at Employment Tribunals.