Thank you to all our friends who mailed us pointing out this strange request in the Institute’s call for tender.
4.2.5 Confidentiality
You agree to keep confidential this Request and all information provided therein. The information provided may be made available to your employees and professional advisers directly involved in tendering to the IFoA and ABI (who must also be made aware of the obligation of confidentiality) but shall not be copied, reproduced, distributed or otherwise made available to any other party in any circumstances without the prior written consent of the IFoA and ABI, nor may it be used for any other purpose other than that for which it is intended.
Interesting philosophical issue: how can I agree to keep confidential any information that the body insisting on confidentiality itself puts on the internet? Kevin and I scratched our noses for a while then Kevin thought perhaps it meant this
We might just feel the need to provide you with further information that we would prefer did not become public because we have already endorsed enough nonsense as it is and we would not wish to become a laughing stock.
No we wouldn’t want that. Way to go, Institute of Actuaries!