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001 Actuary 0411 Cover.Indd 1 23/03/2011 16:09 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Published in London by the Staple Inn Actuarial Society The www.the-actuary.org.uk ActuaryThe mAgAzIne for The AcTuArial Profession April 2011 Hit for six What actuaries can learn from the world of cricket Plus: The rise of the aggregators Inside: A-list apps • Baroness greengross Q&A • Insurance pricing • Apostrophe risk • Latest jobs 001_Actuary_0411 Cover.indd 1 23/03/2011 16:09 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx See page 5 for the editorial team Incisive Financial Publishing 32-34 Broadwick Street, London W1A 2HG T +44 (0)20 7316 9000 Publisher/display sales Editorial Philip Harding T +44 (0)20 7316 9393 April 2011 E [email protected] Managing editor Sharon Maguire T +44 (0)20 7316 9016 E [email protected] Recruitment sales manager Melanie Jacob Testing times T +44 (0)20 7316 9618 E [email protected] The fi rst quarter of 2011 is behind us and, while year-end fi nancial reporting has gone into hibernation, actuarial students are ‘all hands to Recruitment sales executive Satvir Kaur the pump’ for the upcoming exam season. It has been an eventful quarter T +44 (0)20 7316 9868 with severe natural disasters in Queensland, Australia, New Zealand and E [email protected] Japan. The loss of lives has been incredibly humbling but I am once again Designer heartened to see the solidarity of fellow human beings in these situations, Nicky Brown despite political unrest stealing the headlines elsewhere in the world. Sub-editor Sam Robson In the realm of insurance, the results from the fi fth Solvency II Production manager quantitative impact study emerged, indicating a near 70% participation Matt Parle T +44 (0)20 7316 9766 rate by European insurers. It appears that the industry remains suffi ciently E [email protected] well capitalised and that, currently, only 15% of insurers would fail to Group editor-in-chief meet the minimum requirements. 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Please contact: Alison Jiggins The Actuarial Profession, Staple Inn, High Holborn, In Profession news, the Council is leading a review of the strategy for the London WC1V 2QT UK Actuarial Profession and will be organising various ways for members T +44 (0)20 7632 2100 E [email protected] to contribute to the strategy development over the next few months — visit www.actuaries.org.uk to stay informed. Students on actuarial science courses at universities may join the Staple Inn Actuarial Society for £6 a year. We continue to seek your input on the content They will receive The Actuary as part of their membership. Apply to: you would like to read about in our new technology Membership Department, column and on other pages. We also welcome your The Actuarial Profession, Maclaurin House, 18 Dublin Street, views in the form of letters to the editor, which Edinburgh EH1 3PP. 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