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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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…
Continue readingGuest 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?
Continue readingThis month we have the pleasure of interviewing Javier Campelo, ASA, from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Javier is the SOA´s ambassador for Argentina and the regional ambassador coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean. Javier leads Re Consulting, an actuarial consulting firm specializing in…
Continue readingThis month ACTEX is traveling to Thailand for our Actuaries Around the World series. Tommy Pichet, FSA, FIA, FSAT, FRM, MBA, MScFE (Dist.), B.Eng (Hons), is a qualified actuary with nearly 20 years of experience across Asian insurance, finance and employee benefit valuation and management. He has…
Continue readingOur February edition of Actuaries Around the World takes us to Hungary. Gábor Borza is an actuarial consultant working with Tools4F and is a board member of the Hungarian Actuarial Society, which he chaired from 2013 until 2017.
Continue readingThis month we have the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Rajesh Dalmia. Rajesh is a partner at EY Actuarial Services, one of the big four consulting firms in India. He has significant experience in insurance consulting and has worked on projects with almost all the large insurers in the private sector…
Continue readingMost of us have an ambivalent attitude towards ethics, and would not see this field as something exciting or powerful. We know and feel that without a certain amount of goodness, life isn't really worth living. But on the other hand, ethics can make us think about things like right or wrong and…
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Notable Actuaries: Bruce Schobel
The Past and Future of the Social Security System and Other Retirement Benefit Systems An Interview with Social Security Expert and Former President of the Society of Actuaries Bruce Schobel
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