Working Parties: Empowering Actuaries to Lead Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Today marks a significant milestone in INQA Group's evolution with the launch of Working Parties – collaborative spaces designed specifically for actuaries to lead multidisciplinary projects, manage tasks, share documents, and drive professional progress.

Why Working Parties Matter

The actuarial profession has always thrived at the intersection of mathematics, risk management, and business strategy. However, today's complex challenges require broader perspectives and diverse expertise. Working Parties create structured environments where actuaries can:

• Lead multidisciplinary teams that include non-actuarial professionals
• Tackle complex issues requiring diverse expertise
• Share specialized knowledge across professional boundaries
• Drive innovation in areas critical to our profession's future

Features Designed for Professional Collaboration

Working Parties provide the tools actuaries need to effectively lead collaborative projects:

• Task management: Assign, track, and complete group tasks efficiently
• Document library: Upload, organize, and share files in a secure environment
• Focused discussions: Keep conversations organized and on-topic
• Member management: Invite both actuaries and non-actuarial professionals

Current Working Parties

Several Working Parties have now been set up to explore important topics:

Empowering Actuaries

This group is researching how best to empower actuaries in their professional roles, examining leadership opportunities, skill development, and ways to increase actuarial influence in decision-making processes.

2026–2050 Retirement Age

As Professor AD Wilkie has pointed out, the mathematics of financing retirement have changed massively since 1910 when few reached retirement age. This group explores what would be a sustainable retirement age during 2026-2050.

Social Security in an AI-Powered World

This forward-looking group examines how AI and robotics might impact workplace practices, job availability, and social security systems – and how society can manage this transition while maintaining security and dignity.

Join or Create a Working Party

All INQA Group members can participate in existing Working Parties or propose new ones. To get started:

1. Log in to your INQA Group account
2. Navigate to the Working Parties section
3. Browse existing groups or (for the moment) contact us if you would like a new group to be set up.

Looking Ahead

Working Parties represent just one component of our platform evolution. Soon we will be introducing enhanced member forums with top-level discussion boards, a powerful Member Directory, and more tools to support actuarial collaboration.

We invite you to explore these new capabilities and help shape the future of our profession through meaningful collaboration.

INQA Group: Empowering Actuaries