Tag Archives: Peter Tompkins
“Saving all lives without fear and favour” – Peter Tompkins
I’ve spent the weekend and the first part of this week looking out over the English Channel. “English” it doesn’t look – unless you have the kind of jingoism that makes you appropriate international waters to your self-interest. Clearly my … Continue reading
Tompkins changes vote over mis-sold “pension tax-cuts”.
Peter Tompkins “knows about things”. He is one of the country’s top actuaries and the inventor of the Tompkins scale that measures university academic standards. He know about pensions and often comments on this blog. He lives in the St … Continue reading
Martin Clarke CB – the last Government Actuary – is dead
Sad news reached me early yesterday from fellow actuary Peer Tompkins and it was formally confirmed later in the day. The former Government Actuary, Martin Clarke, has passed away after a period in hospital. Martin Clarke, Government Actuary 2014 to … Continue reading
How’d you “like” it if Samsung circled your pad?
Imagine. You are on your way home on the tube and you are staring at an advert telling you where your home is! My friend Peter Tompkins is the most outgoing of actuaries – a true extravert. He didn’t bat … Continue reading
Pension actuary goes viral on tic-toc
For all the talk among NextGen about “engagement” on social media, the first pensions media superstar turns out to be a 60 year old pensions actuary who lives in a Clock Tower. When Peter Tompkins was approached by an influencer … Continue reading
Lockdown – is the cure worse than the illness? These actuaries think not.
We have reviewed the paper “J-value assessment of how best to combat Covid-19” by Philip Thomas, Professor of Risk Management in the Faculty of Engineering at Bristol University. Summary of key aspects of the paper This paper was given … Continue reading
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