Actuaries who are known for their analytical abilities are specialist in Insurance and Pensions. Now they are sought after in areas of risk management , data analytics and Banking and finance.
But Jonathan Forster is foraying into a relatively unknown field for actuaries He is the 1st actuary to win a MMA (Mixed Martial arts) title. Listen him speaking about his routine as a full time actuary and a MMA fighter.
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Donald Macleod
He holds the world record for telling the most jokes in an hour.
What did actuary eat dinner on last night.. Mortality table!!
Ian Edwards and Rebecca Hansford
This couple, former partners at Bacon and Woodrow are now famous winemakers.
So you think you can be a winemaker!!
Jennifer Graham
John Dewan
Sports Actuary
Gerry Fryer
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Cindy Brakey
Vice President at Brakey Energy. Link
Amy Treciokas
Yoga instructor (YogaChicago) Link
Michael Schakelford
Gambling consultant , Owner- Wizard of Odds
Steven Mendel Link
Elizur Wright (1804-1885)
was an actuary (a statistician), a Yale graduate, and a leading abolitionist official in the American Anti-Slavery Society.
During the summer of 1835, he had to barricade his doors in New York City “with bars and planks an inch thick,” for fear of the uncontrollable anti-abolitionist .Mr. Elizur Wright is known by many as the Father of Life Insurance. His interest in life insurance stemmed directly from a sense of injustice in business practices of his time. His efforts resulted in the construction of net valuation reserve tables. These tables reduced the amount of labor involved and simplified the process of determining the solvency of life insurance companies. His innovation paved the way for the development of life insurance along sound lines.
Oswald Jacoby
Oswald (Ozzie, Jake) Jacoby (December 8, 1902 – June 27, 1984) was an American contract bridge player and author, considered one of the greatest bridge players of all time. He also excelled at, and wrote about, other games including backgammon, gin rummy, and poker.
Born in Brooklyn, he was taught to play whist at the age of six and played his first bridge at ten.During World War I, he joined the army at 15 by lying about his age but spent most of his time there playing poker. Dropping out of Columbia University as a math major to become an actuary, he became the youngest person ever to pass the examination of the Society of Actuaries at the age of 21. Having an exceptional aptitude for mathematics, Jacoby could multiply three and four digit numbers in his head without benefit of paper. During World War II and the Korean War, he applied these abilities to counterintelligence and cryptanalysis being referred to as a human computer;later, he lectured on probability at M.I.T. and wrote books on mathematics. However, his passion, his life-long focus, was games, especially bridge.
James Anderson
James Anderson was one of the most influential figures in the insurance industry in the 20th Century and in the actuarial profession. He was an industry entrepreneur and an internationally acclaimed pioneer of new products, notably universal and variable life, and methodologies, notably international standards for life product pricing and company valuation. He improved the value of insurance services to policyholders and the efficiency of insurance companies. He was a celebrated author and speaker who challenged the industry to consider innovations.
GS Diwan
In 2008 Prof. G. S. Diwan (born 1901) was inducted in the insurance hall of fame by International Insurance Society Inc, USA for his selfless service in the field of actuarial education in India. Prof. Diwan was an Actuary and taught Actuarial Science in Sydnham Colledge in Mumbai. He passed away in 1987. International Insurance Society has produced a brief video on the life of Prof. Diwan.
On this occasion, a gala dinner and an award presentation ceremony was held in Taipei, Taiwan. Prof. Diwan’s son, Mr. Mukund Diwan, who is an Actuary himself and a retired Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India, has also made significant contributions in the betterment of actuarial education in India. He attended the award presentation ceremony. In a speech at the function, he assured the society and the audience that India will be a center of excellence for actuarial education.
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