Actuarial News

Local actuarial bodies have a role to advance research developments that are relevant for the academia and industry within the actuarial profession.   During the 6th African Actuarial Congress held in Ghana, industry stakeholders shared how newly qualified actuaries can be supported in their research as a way of advancing...

Moses Mutuli has been appointed as the director of Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), for a period of three years, with effect from the 14 April 2022.   Mr Mutuli is the Immediate Past President of The Actuarial Society of Kenya (TASK), a professional body that brings together qualified...

The Actuarial Society of Kenya (TASK) has announced six new council members and a new council chair who will each help support the society’s work to improve the actuarial development and growth in the country. Coming from the academia, insurance, the capital market, and the banking sectors, the new team...

Barbara Wothaya and Christine Waweru have completed the required series of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) examinations, thereby completing the required exam for the class of Fellow. It has been close to 8 years for Christine and Barbara to achieve the highly coveted status since they first took...

The Actuarial Society of Kenya (TASK) has announced the formation of a taskforce that will guide the local insurance sector in the sustainable investment practices.

TASK has partnered with FSD Africa to host its annual convention under the theme: Greening the Financial Systems. The TASK-FSD Africa Actuarial Convention will take place physically on 4-5 November 2021 at Emara Ole Sereni, Nairobi. The event will also be transmitted live to our delegates who will not make...

The Society of Actuaries met with TASK officials to deliberate ways of developing and delivering actuarial professional development opportunities across the respective jurisdictions.

The IRA-Uganda is on a mission to develop the actuarial profession in the country, in order to enhance the capacity needed to drive Uganda’s Insurance Act, 2017.

This is according to CAA Global Ltd (CAA Ltd) and its two shareholders, the IFoA and the SOA, as the organisations evolve their future qualification offerings.

The two actuarial bodies also shared possible synergies that can be explored in a move expected to further the growth of the actuarial profession in the East African market.