Category: actuarial-career

Actuaries in the Arts: Sam Broverman

Sam Broverman has been a Professor of Actuarial Mathematics since 1978, first at The University of Texas at Austin until 1980, and since then at the University of Toronto. Professor Broverman is an ACTEX author who has written numerous textbooks and study guides widely used by students preparing…

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Actuaries in the Arts: Victoria Grossack

Victoria Grossack is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society, having received her fellowship in 1997. A graduate of Dartmouth College, she has worked at Argonaut Insurance Company in California, Zurich Financial Services in Zurich, Switzerland, and Folksamerica Reinsurance in New York.

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Spreadsheets: Best Practices are Needed to Prevent Disasters and Optimize Productivity

Guest blog by Mary Pat Campbell, FSA, MAAA, PRM Did you know that a simple spreadsheet formula led to a $6 billion trading loss? Did you know that the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act caused a considerable amount of work removing hard-coded rates?

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'Twas the Night Before Christmas

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The Times they are a Changin' - Wearables & InsurTech

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Make Your Own Excel Graph Defaults

Guest blog by Mary Pat Campbell FSA, MAAA, PRM

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The 5 Pillars of Health Data Analytics

Guest Blog by Yiding Jiang, FFA, MSc

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Critical Feedback is the Key to Excellence

The speed at which the world changes seems to move at a faster pace all the time. The same holds true in the business world — speed is everything, technology is everywhere, and it affects everyone at every level. But, no matter how many things change, and no matter how quickly, there are some…

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Actuaries Around the World - Indonesia

We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Fauzi Arfan, FSAI from Indonesia. He is the President of The Society of Actuaries of Indonesia (Persatuan Aktuaris Indonesia). Mr. Arfan joined Great Eastern Life in June of 2015 and currently holds the position of Director and Chief Financial Officer…

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Health Insurance (It’s Complicated): Lessons from the World on Healthcare

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