New UK actuarial standards board under FRC

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06 Dec 2005

The Financial Reporting Council, under which the United Kingdom Accounting Standards Board operates, has established a new regime to set actuarial standards and oversee the regulation of the actuarial profession.

The UK government is supporting this effort. The FRC has created a Board for Actuarial Standards (BAS) whose mission is to set high quality actuarial standards independently of the actuarial profession or other interests. The FRC is also extending the remit of the Professional Oversight Board for Accountancy to oversee the regulation of the actuarial profession; and is extending the remit of the Accountancy Investigation and Discipline Board to cover public interest cases involving actuaries. The FRC has appointed Paul Seymour as Chair of the BAS. Click for . The FRC has added to its website a New Section on Regulation of the Actuarial Profession.

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