Healthcare Committee
Overview
The committee’s purpose is to support actuaries and actuarial students practising in healthcare and improve the contribution of actuaries to the field.
The committee maintains a research watch of relevant topics and communicates regularly with its members regarding issues in the healthcare field.
Strong links are maintained with overseas actuarial bodies and health subcommittees. The committee also ensures that the broader profession is kept abreast of healthcare and healthcare policy related issues.
Objectives
The committee has set the following objectives:
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Actively support the development of actuarial practice in the area of Healthcare through the Actuarial
Society’s education, CPD, standard setting, public policy and research activities.
- Actively identify and promote opportunities for members working in the practice area and facilitate
communication, discussion and liaison within the profession on relevant topics.
- Contribute to the strategic direction of the Actuarial Society from the perspective of the practice area and, in
so doing, to support the Actuarial Society brand promise of “thought leadership”.
Committee members
The majority of members of the committee are required to be currently active in the relevant practice area.
The committee members are as follows:
| Committee member |
Position |
| André Bellingan |
IT representative |
| Barry Childs |
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| Roshan Bhana |
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| Alex Brownlee |
|
| Katy Caldis |
|
| Roseanne da Silva |
Education representative |
| Craig Getz |
|
| Pieter Grobler |
|
| Simon Henderson |
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| Margaret Hulme |
|
| Paula la Cock |
Media spokesperson |
| Jo-Anne Oliver |
|
| Christoff Raath |
|
| Rod Leerkamp |
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| Jeanine Schubach |
|
| Gary Scott |
Chair |
| Bode Olajumoko |
|
| Ashleigh Theophanides |
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| Lara Wayburne |
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| Paul Zondagh |
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| Paresh Prema |
Representative from the Council for Medical Schemes |
Reporting
The committee maintains minutes of its meetings and presents quarterly reports to Council. For information on these, contact Niel Fourie: nfourie@actuarialsociety.org.za
Contact information
You can contact the Healthcare committee: gary.scott@towerswatson.com
Useful links
The NHI task team was set up to develop a costing model to explore various scenarios related to the implementation of a National Health Insurance (NHI) system for South Africa.
Information on practicing certificates is available under Professional matters.
Professional guidance:
Series 300 - Healthcare Standards of Actuarial Practice and Advisory Practice Notes
Visit the past presentations webpage for Healthcare papers and presentations from past professional events of the Actuarial Society.
Relevant documents
Please refer to the document archive for relevant documents.