Why so complicated? In the words of Avril Lavigne, why do you have to make life so complicated? Vicky Hurley asks if it’s time for life insurers to make their literature more consumer-friendly. AS CONSUMER GROUPS and government think tanks continual...

Why so complicated? In the words of Avril Lavigne, why do you have to make life so complicated? Vicky Hurley asks if it’s time for life insurers to make their literature more consumer-friendly. AS CONSUMER GROUPS and government think tanks continual...

Recruit to Retain! "If 10 PCs costing a total of £20,000 are stolen from your company, an investigation would take place and measures put in place to stop this happening again. However, many companies do not conduct any investigation when staff who c...

Mind the gap. Cherag Kalapesi offers insights for those considering a move into a different practice area. The demand for actuaries within certain practice areas is a function of a variety of socio-economic and legislative factors. An actuary’s a...

Fancy going international? The world is truly getting smaller. The all-consuming trend of globalisation is dramatically changing peoples' attitudes to where they will work and live. More people are keen to see the world and experience living overseas...

Horses for courses Jurie Wessels has met all sorts of actuaries. Most of them are of sound mind and have reasonable eating habits. It COULD HAPPEN ANY TIME of any day or night. It typically happens just as you wipe the milk from your cereal off your u...

International Recruitment: Feeding the Celtic-Tiger Ireland’s booming ‘Celtic-Tiger’ economy has led to significant talent shortages that cannot be met from the domestic market alone. Actuaries are in big demand. If the tiger is to be kept fit ...

"I'm an actuary get me out of here" Get here if you can Oleta Adams used to sing “You can reach me by caravan, cross the desert like an Arab man, I don't care how you get here, just get here if you can”. Actuarial employers might well be singin...

Actuary or Chameleon? The job-search jungle. Over the last number of years, there has been a sea-change in the average actuary’s career path. No longer does he or she want to be tagged as a “life actuary” or “pensions actuary” for their who...

The joys of sabbaticals A sabbatical (or career break) can vary in length from one month to a few years. It may be fully paid, unpaid or somewhere in between but all have the valuable guarantee of a job to return to. Options include going on an exten...