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Author Archives: Jessica Leong
Video: What Advice Would You Give to Yourself as a Young Actuary?
Pursuing a career as an actuary is a challenging and rewarding road, requiring a commitment to passing a rigorous set of examinations to achieve CAS credentials while working full-time. After years of experience in the profession, members may reflect upon the advice that they wish they were given during the early stages of their career. … Read more
Wanted: Actuary with Predictive Modeling Experience
Does your actuarial training make you attractive to employers looking for someone to join their predictive analytics team? Why would they hire you over, say, a PhD in statistics? This was an important question for me personally, as I was looking to break into the world of predictive analytics. And yes! Success! I’m 6 months … Read more
Posted in Communications, Future of the Profession, Professional Education and tagged actuarial training, actuary, CAS, predictive analytics, RPM Seminar.
Survey: Are You Thinking Outside the Triangle?
At the CAS Centennial Celebration and Annual Meeting, Don Mango, Dave Clark, Jim Guszcza and I are presenting a session called “Reserving for the Next 100 Years: Thinking Outside the Triangle.” We’re going to talk about whether we’ve been innovative in reserving, and it’s quite debatable. On the one hand, the CAS has over 400 … Read more
Posted in CAS Centennial, Communications, Professional Education, Research, Uncategorized and tagged Reserving.
How to Run for the Board of the CAS if You are Young and Unafraid
I think that we need more young people on the Board of the CAS. The Board demographics should mimic the membership demographics – after all, we are representing you, and your point of view. We have a lot of young members, never mind our other large body of stakeholders: our candidates. This isn’t reflected at … Read more
Posted in Communications, Future of the Profession and tagged Actuary profession, CAS Board of Directors, Communication, Volunteerism.