MBE Consulting is proud to support the Shadow Careers student sponsorship programme. Their three-month development programme provides students with the individual competencies, behaviours and skills valued in a working environment alongside an understanding of areas such as diversity management and organisational culture.
The past year has been one spent shadowboxing an invisible and mutating foe. A year of multiple lockdowns, social distancing, digital overload all taking place under a gloomy cloud of anxiety, uncertainty and fear.
A global insurer was able to embed a culture of continuous improvement, with centralisation of the finance functions and a reduction of 30% in the finance reporting timetable.
In the last instalment of my transformation series, I’m going to spare you the analogies and boil down years of involvement in a variety of transformation projects into four practical lessons my team and I have learnt from those that worked well.
Many professions seem to revel in the introduction of new technology to their professions. They realise that every time a tool is enhanced, it enables them to be better at their jobs – whether it be in the operating theatre, on a construction site or in a tech sandbox.
Actuary training fails to prepare students for practical life office work in a crucial way: there is a glaring neglect of IT training.
Andries Beukes discusses with Cintia Cheong (InsuranceERM) the findings of an investigation into how insurers are planning to calculate their IFRS 17 risk adjustment and confidence level.







