There are many universities which provide post-graduation or masters in actuarial science, and it can be really tough to decide which to choose which not. One need to decide on …
Paste Special Exercise from The Actuarial Club
We recently wrote about Importance of Paste Special. In order to give you an idea, we are starting with a very basic paste special exercise but I bet if you …
The Importance of Paste Special in Actuaries
This may sound a little uncomfortable but being a student Actuary you must be aware of atleast this most basic function and recruiter or employer expect you to know Paste …
Milliman hires Heerak Basu as consulting actuary
Milliman announced the appointment of industry veteran Mr Heerak Basu as consulting actuary, based in Mumbai. Mr Basu is a fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, a fellow …
Linkedin Profile in Actuarial Science. How does it help?
We understand you have a Personal life and we want to keep it that way but if you are a professional or a student persuing Actuarial Science, here is how …
IAI December 2018 exam. All you need to know
IAI has declared the the Exam dates for this additional IAI December 2018 attempt which they announced on 25th August 2018 offering an opportunity to student for selected subjects. The examination …
The misses by a Student for an Actuarial Job
It is generally been asked what do we do except writing exams and as many times we have told them to work upon, they basically didn’t. So, we stopped replying …
Casualty Actuarial Society and Society of Actuaries Explore Combining into One New Organization
On 26th of September, the Presidents of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and Society of Actuaries (SOA) jointly announced that the CAS and SOA Boards of Directors agreed to explore …
The Institute of Actuaries of India elects Sunil Sharma as its President
The Council of The Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI) in its council meeting held on 22nd September, 2018 elected Sunil Sharma as its new President. He will serve a two year term as the President of IAI. Sunil Sharma is currently the Chief Actuary and the Chief Risk Officer for Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company India Ltd (Kotak Life).
Actuaries of the Future: What Role Will actuaries Play in Shaping the AI-Led Insurance Companies of Tomorrow?
Tomorrow’s insurance success stories will qualify the outputs of AI tools with good old-fashioned actuarial judgement, pricing in assumptions and instigating the appropriate checks and balances. This kind of actuary-machine combo will generate prices and products superior to those either one could muster
IAI announces the “Actuaries Day” on the birthday of Late Shri L S Vaidyanathan
The DAY we all have been waiting for is here. The document received by us reads out aloud about the Actuaries Day on the birthday of Late Shri L S Vaidyanathan …
Basic difference and similarity in actuary and data scientist
While they both revolve around data, there are certain lines drawn between these two. For instance, actuaries are found primarily in the insurance industry and risk management. On the other hand data scientist can be found in virtually any industry. If we have a comparative lookout of actuarial science and data science, prior is about the study of finance and related fields and activities and latter is about studying different data sets, their relationship and analysis.
IAI announces 6th Capacity Building Seminar in Health Care Insurance
The focus of this Capacity Building Seminar is on covering various topical aspects of Health Insurance Industry in India.
As in the past, Advisory Group on Health Insurance is determined to promote actuarial talent to meet the growing demand in this field and current seminar is a step in that direction.
RIP, Jeremy Gold: An Actuarial Memorial
This blog was originally written on STUMP by Mary Pat Campbell and has been posted with proper permissions. The post is in memory of actuary Jeremy Gold, who died earlier this …
Public Pension Funding Crisis: Who Was Jeremy Gold And Why Should You Care?
The bottom line: public pension plans’ poor funding levels would be even worse if they were accounted for the way that private pension plans are, the fact that their accounting …