CONTENTS:

• São Paulo Council and Committee Meetings
• JoCo 2025 São Paulo
• Upcoming IAA and Section Webinars
• IAA Responses to IAIS Consultations

Please note that IAA Secretariat has now moved to a new address. Please update your records to:  605 - 75 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5E7, Canada

São Paulo Council and Committee Meetings
Audience: All

We are pleased to announce that the Council and Committee meetings scheduled next May in São Paulo, Brazil will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

The program and registration form will be available late November / early December; however, we are releasing the guestroom reservation link in advance.  Adjustments and cancellations can be made within 8 days prior to your arrival date. 
São Paulo Event Website

JoCo 2025 São Paulo
Audience: All

Prior to the IAA meetings in the same venue (Grand Hyatt), the IAA Sections will host its 2nd JoCo (Joint Colloquium) and its 1st event in South America, JoCo 2025 São Paulo at the invitation of the Instituto Brasileiro de Atuária (IBA).

JoCo2025 will gather IAA Section members and actuaries from Brazil and from across the world around a unique theme of "Actuaries in Sustainability", to discuss the latest research and actuarial challenges arising from new fields of professional and academic activity as well as from traditional actuarial work, and including work and interpretations of the concept of "sustainability".

The JoCo2025 Organizing Committee welcomes abstracts until 8 November 2024, including presentations without a supporting paper. You can submit an abstract for a presentation even if you won’t provide a paper for the conference. Please note that accepted authors who submit a paper will be considered for a Best Paper prize. Shortlisted speakers are requested to be available on-site for the event's dates in order to deliver their presentation in person.

We also invite research and presentations from member associations, IAA Committees, Forums, and Task Forces to showcase their contributions, particularly in our key areas of focus:

• Sustainability, ESG, Climate Risks
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data
• Cyber Risk
• Digital Transformation of Insurance
• Solvency

We look forward to your contribution and seeing you in São Paulo for JoCo2025!

Cristina Mano, JoCo2025 Chair
JoCo 2025 Website | Call for Abstracts

Upcoming IAA and Section Webinars
Audience: All

Member association representatives are kindly requested to share the information below with their members.

IAA Webinars:

• Part 2 - Market Risk Management in Banking – 5 November 
  INFO and REGISTRATION LINK | SHARE ON LINKEDIN
  Note: The Recording for Part 1 is available here. 
   
• ERM Insights on Failures and Near Failures  (Part 2) – 6 November 
  INFO and REGISTRATION LINK | SHARE ON LINKEDIN
  Note: The Recording for Part 1 is available here. 
   
• Recommendations when Applying AI in Actuarial Work – 19 November 
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• Lessons Learned and Implications of COVID-19 Protection Gaps – 25 November 
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  Note: See News Release regarding this recently published IAA paper.

Section Webinars: 

• An Introduction to the ASTIN Masterclass: The Insurance-Risk Landscape - An Eclectic Survey by Michael Powers – 30 October 
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• PBSS: A Review of Environmental, Social, and Governance Reporting – 7 November
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  Note: You must be a current Section member to register for this webinar

IAA Responses to IAIS Consultations
Audience: FMA Council Delegates
 

The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) the IAIS launched its final consultation on a series of four public consultations on proposed changes to guidance in various Insurance Core Principles (ICPs) and on new supporting material to better incorporate climate risk..

The IAA submitted comments to the IAIS on 24 October 2024 on the following:

1. The draft Application Paper on public disclosure and supervisory reporting of climate risk
2. The draft supporting material on macroprudential and group supervisory issues and climate risk

The IAA responses were prepared by the Insurance Regulation Committee. The responses were prepared in accordance with the requirements of the IAA Due Process for Making a Public Statements and are posted on the IAA website under PUBLICATIONS/ PUBLIC STATEMENTS.

Many thanks to Nick Dexter and the Insurance Regulation Committee for preparing these responses on behalf of the IAA.