Firstly, I would like to thank all of you for DMing [直接訊息] me questions. I might not be able to answer questions that are personal to you, but I always …
Blog 25: Programming as a skill by Xavier Lo FIA, CRM
As a quick follow up last week’s post, perhaps even a contradiction [矛盾] in some ways, I would like to add that coding is very important to an actuary’s skillset. …
B.COM (HONOURS) IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE FROM DSACTED – IS IT A GOOD OPTION?
Name of the course: B.COM (HONOURS) IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE FROM DSACTED College: Nagindas Khandwala College (Autonomous), Malad, Mumbai, Maharashtra. This college is one of the few colleges in Mumbai that …
Blog 21: Annuites Explanation by Xavier Lo, FIA
Annuities [年金] are something which the Hong Kong government [香港政府] would like everyone to purchase. To understand why the government would want us to buy this, lets take a look …
Stages of Risk Management for Actuaries by Swati Jindal
Risk management is an integral part of the actuarial profession. So actuarial students need to understand the process of risk management. In this article, I will explain the risk management …
TAC brings new Actuarial Events, Connect and Videos, all for free!
Let’s forget about 2020, Shall we? We didn’t also wish you New Year as we were busy in our work to make TAC a better place. We are hopeful to …
Lists in Python
Usually, while storing the data in a variable we store a single value, for example, x = 5. With the help of Lists in Python, we can store multiple values …
Should you take non-actuarial roles at the start of your actuarial career? – Part 2
In Part 1 of this article, I talked about how to find a non-actuarial role, its advantages and disadvantages. In this article, I would be sharing the ideal timing to …
COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group Mid December Update
The COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group provides you with a regular Friday update with a curated list of the key papers and articles that they have looked at recently. Follow them …
EY, Milliman and WTW in the race for being appointed as the actuarial firm for LIC
New Delhi: EY Actuarial Services, Milliman Advisors and Willis Towers Watson actuarial advisory are in the race for being appointed as the actuarial firm for the process of public listing of Life Insurance Corporation …
Should you take non-actuarial roles at the start of your actuarial career? – Part 1
Indian Actuarial market has a remarkably high supply of young actuarial professionals, but the same can’t be said for it’s demand. Even after trying for many months, many freshers do not get an actuarial role for which they have studied day and night.
Unconventional ways to get your First Actuarial Job
Getting that first Actuarial Job is always hard and actuarial is no exception. It’s very discouraging to not get a response from the company even after sending out dozens of …
Money Market
The section of financial market, where instruments that have a short term and are highly liquid are traded is called Money Market. It has generally a maturity period of less …
Milliman to begin operating in Sri Lanka, acquires Spark Actuarial consulting firm
SEATTLE, Nov. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, announced that it will begin operations in Sri Lanka after an agreement to acquire Colombo-based Spark Actuarial Private Limited came …
Basic Necessity of Enterpise Risk Management (ERM)
“All of life is the management of risk, not its elimination” -Warren Buffet As risk is an indispensable part of any business undertaking, it transpires that risk management is also …