• Date and time: Thursday 10 April 2025, 9.15am to 4.30pm
  • Location: In-person only
    CL/A/057, Church Lane Building, Campus West, University of York (Map)
  • Audience: Open to Everyone, staff and students are welcome
  • Admission: £50 - £100, booking required

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Event details

We are delighted to invite you to the launch event of our newly established research centre – the Centre for Actuarial Compensation and Valuation of Life (CAVOL) at the University of York.

This one-day workshop will bring together industry experts and academics to discuss two important topics relating to compensation for personal injury and wrongful death: the recently updated personal injury discount rate (PIDR) and periodical payment orders (PPOs). The workshop will feature presentations and panel discussions on these subjects, including representatives from organisations such as the Government Actuary’s Department, the Ogden Working Party, law firms representing claimants and defendants, NHS Resolution, insurance companies and academics from a range of disciplines.

The workshop will provide an insight into state-of-the-art practice with respect to the calculation and administration of compensation in the UK. In particular it will focus on the debate that surrounds the setting of the key PIDR and the issues that prevent more widespread use of PPOs to provide better outcomes for claimants.

Refreshments, pastries, and lunch will be provided on the day.

The workshop is hosted by the Centre for Actuarial Compensation and Valuation of Life (CAVOL) in the School for Business and Society, with guest keynote contributions from:

  • Fiona Dunsire (Government Actuary at Government Actuary's Department) –
  • Julian Chamberlayne (Stewarts, Chair of the FOCIS) –
  • William Latimer-Sayer (Cloisters, Chair of the OWP) –
  • Victoria Wass (Professor Emerita at Cardiff University) -
  • David Roberts (Partner at DAC Beachcroft LLP) –
  • John Mead (Associate Executive Director at NHS Resolution) -
  • Justin Thomas (Chair of the IFoA’s PPO Working Party) -

More speakers will be confirmed soon.

The workshop will be preceded by a CPD event, which provides an accessible introduction to the actuarial calculations for compensation in personal injury and fatal accident cases. The workshop is free of charge for the CPD participants who are interested in these topics.

Contact

Dr. Şule Şahin & Prof. Alexander J. McNeil