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One of the most difficult questions you can be asked as a contractor is “what is your rate?”. The concept of negotiating rates can be unwelcome for many contractors, but it’s important you get it right. For most contractors, determining an appropriate rate is a balancing act that depends on a number of factors. That […]

  Advancements in AI are setting the stage for a major shift in workplaces and how we delegate tasks to humans and machines. Robots are getting increasingly sophisticated, allowing companies to leverage them for monotonous, repetitive jobs. While this trend might lead to improvements in the quality of jobs handled by humans, it also raises […]

The interactions are extremely simple. You use a trigger word such as “Okay, Google” or “Alexa”, and ask a question to elicit a response. However, there’s nothing simple about the technology going on behind the scenes, or for that matter, the impact voice-operated devices are already having on the way we search, shop and interact […]

What does a one-year delay to the implementation of IFRS17 mean for the Actuarial market? The announcement on the 14th November regarding a one-year delay to the implementation of IFRS17 has been expected by many in the Actuarial sector. For those still feeling the effects of Solvency II, the prospect of another, even bigger project […]

  A lot has been written about artificial intelligence (AI) over the last few years, much of which has been scaremongering about the jobs that could potentially be at risk. The good news is that AI isn’t anything like as threatening as many people think. In fact, rather than a challenge, it actually represents a […]