Th别听Actuaries' Cod别听(鈥渢he Code鈥�)聽has six principles which Members are to comply with in order to build and promote the confidence in the work of actuaries and the actuarial profession.
These six principles are:
As one of the six key principles of the Code, impartiality聽is聽placed in sharp focus and states that:
鈥淢embers must ensure that their professional judgement is not compromised, and cannot reasonably be seen to be compromised, by bias, conflict of interest, or the undue influence of others.鈥�
The IFoA's conflicts of interest materials includes:
For Members based in the United Kingdom, we have produced an additional resource document:
Actuarial Profession Standard (APS) also includes a specific conflict of interest provisions:
2013 Case studies: Please note that these case-studies were produced prior to the current version of th别听Actuaries鈥� Code聽and revised聽Conflicts of interest Guide for Members.
Previous practice-specific presentations on conflicts of interest may also be of interest:
If you have any enquiries about non-mandatory guidance please email