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If you are a member (fellow, associate, student or honorary fellow) of either the Institute or Faculty of Actuaries and wish to see or take part in online discussions about the merger proposed by both Councils, please click here. The clock is ticking: we understand that voting papers are being sent out next month and the vote will take place in mid June, i.e. just over two months' time. The vote as currently envisaged is just a yes/no affair with the merger proposals being presented as the only option. David Wilkie and others have presented several alternative proposals to what otherwise would be an irreversible step. The current proposals include winding up the 160 year old Institute of Actuaries. You will need to register (with your name and membership status/date, e.g. ANOtherFIA2000, the site has other examples) to view the forum (which we have set up in the absence of one on the Profession's website) or contribute to it. Update 27 Apr 2008: the Profession set up a forum which is now linked to from their merger discussion page. However posts to it are subject to approval by staff before they appear and the wiki software used appears to be inferior to the phpBB3 software on our forum. So we are continuing with our forum until these matters get resolved.

Week beginning 08 October 2007: we are partly through the process of moving/redesigning our website, so welcome to a new look; please bear with us while we continue to migrate content. (Some old content will not be migrated, but archived instead).

03 August 2007: OPDDataViewer (available with GRM/OPD 5.1) is a new addition to the GRM/OPD program suite which allows easy graphical viewing of life tables, mortality improvement factors, as well as an annuity calculator. Click here for some screenshots. OPD 5.1 has full support for two way mortality tables [such as the 92 or 00 series with cohort or other mortality improvement factors] and the exciting new drill down cashflow facility. Click here for some screenshots of the cashflow drill down facility in action.

We continue to be very busy training a variety of clients in the use of our GRM software. We are continuing to add important new functionality with the new version 5 series of GRM - more as soon as we can about this. One point to note is that GRM5 makes extensive use of the Microsoft .Net 2 framework, and will require an operating system of at least Windows XP, and we strongly recommend Excel 2003 or 2007.

Congratulations to David Wilkie who has been awarded an honorary degree from Heriot Watt University and also honorary membership of the South African Actuarial Society.

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Written by Patrick Lee
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Welcome to the website of InQA Limited, the specialist actuarial software consultancy, owned by Professor David Wilkie, CBE, MA, FFA, FIA and Patrick Lee, MA, FIA, Dip. Stats., who are both experienced software developers as well as qualified actuaries. (More) or click here for slide shows about InQA and our GRM software. (Patrick and David at an InQA Board meeting, click on the picture to enlarge) our mission: To be the supplier of choice of top quality actuarial, asset liability management, valuation, mortality and related software to pension plan sponsors, trustees, actuaries, auditors, investment analysts and other finance professionals anywhere in the world at unbeatable prices. With our user-friendly software linked directly into Microsoft's ExcelTM XP/2003/2007, many actuarial calculations can be performed by any finance professional, although actuarial advice should be taken in checking the data and assumptions used, and that the results appear to be sensible. Click here for slide shows on this. This site is also the focus for the GRM user group. GRM is our suite of asset liability modelling software tools, including OPD (OnePerDesk), our pensions valuation/ALM package. Do you have a question that you would like us to answer? The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) is an area where you can find answers to previously asked questions, and registered users may add their own question - we will answer it directly, and will also add the question and its answer to the FAQ if appropriate. There is also a site wide Search facility. For registered members only Registered members of this site also have access to the Forums and Downloads sections of this site. The Forums provide you with an opportunity to discuss topics of interest to you and other users of the site. The Downloads section is where you will find software upgrades and support files. (Unregistered users may register and returning users may log-in here.) Contact us / Reference Sites Click here for details of how to contact us in person or by email, click here for Reference Sites. We hope you find this site useful.
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