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The Regulatory Role of the Actuary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2011

C.D. Daykin
C.D. Daykin
Affiliation:
Government Actuary's Department, New King's Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London, SE1 9RJ, U.K. Tel: +44(0)171-211-2620; Fax: +44(0)171-211-2650; E-mail: chris.daykin@gad.gov.uk
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Abstract

The actuary has played a role in regulation in the United Kingdom since 1819. More recently, in 1974, the Appointed Actuary system was introduced for life insurance companies, backed by strong professional guidance. Derivatives of the Appointed Actuary concept have been implemented in a number of other countries. Meanwhile, in the UK, defined benefit occupational pension schemes are now required to appoint a Scheme Actuary, who has a statutory whistle-blowing role under the Pensions Act 1995. A number of statutory roles for pension actuaries were in place prior to this. In general insurance, Lloyd's syndicates are now required to obtain an actuarial opinion on the end of year provisions, as part of the Lloyd's market regulatory structure, and friendly societies must obtain an actuarial opinion on their technical provisions once every three years. This paper reviews some of the different regulatory roles of the actuary in the UK, draws some comparisons with the situation in other countries, considers the strengths and weaknesses of the present situation and invites debate and discussion on the way forward in order to optimise the contribution which the profession can make to the public interest in the field of regulation.

Keywords

RegulationAppointed ActuaryScheme ActuaryActuarial OpinionsWhistle-BlowingPublic Interest
Type
Sessional meetings: papers and abstracts of discussions
Information
British Actuarial Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , 01 August 1999 , pp. 529 - 574
Copyright
Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1999

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