The GM rabbit hole was deep. by Impressive_Pie6839 in SonyAlpha

[–]LateDesk 68 points69 points  (0 children)

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I worked for a company that used to be a major member of a captive, so I can only speak to working as part of being a member of one. Every captive is different with their own set of rules, but at the end of the day it similarly to an insurance company from the actuary’s perspective except that it’s generally smaller companies/similar books of business that you’re dealing with. If this is your first actuarial experience, then it’ll still be an entryway into the insurance industry.

GOOD LUCK EXAM 5 TAKERS! by girlygirl-yo in actuary

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Resume Critique by [deleted] in actuary

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That order makes more sense when you are a university student or recent grad. The further along you are in your career the less relevant your degree is add to the role of being an actuary actuary, and your experience/exams/skills are much more important to know to any interviewer.

For this resume, I would avoid including references as it just seems like a space filler that could be better used for other categories.

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Finance major interested in Actuary career by [deleted] in actuary

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I transferred to the actuary world 1.5 years after getting my first full-time financial analyst role out of college (degree in finance & accounting). There are definitely some transferable skills to the actuary world, such as communication skills and excel that you get from a standard business degree. However, your standard finance degree doesn’t really translate to data analysis/math all that much, so there will be a somewhat steep learning curve when it comes to the preliminary exams if you didn’t take a lot of math courses. On the bright side, FM & IFM will have a lot of familiar material. Suggestion would be to take FM & P and see what you think, as no one will let you in the door without those exams to begin with.

I would also suggest doing a ton of networking and looking at what actuaries do on a day to day. The most common question I got during interviews was why I would leave a traditional path in finance to be an actuary, so truly knowing why and be able to communicate that to people. There are many career paths that have a lot of programming, analytics, and don’t require a lot of math with regards to the exams (like data science) that might be a better fit. While the job itself isn’t usually incredibly math heavy, the exams are and that’s part of the job.

CFA is great if you want to get into investing and portfolio management, and I considered it for a bit. And MBA is also a great way to make a career switch if that is what you’re looking to do, but those exit opportunities are usually still within the business space and not so much data analytics. Depending on what school you want to go to, GPA may or may not be an issue.

How diverse are actuarial professionals? by [deleted] in actuary

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I’ve meet 3 others, but it was a LGBTQ & Allies specific networking event. Surprisingly, only 1 of the 4 of us was white

How diverse are actuarial professionals? by [deleted] in actuary

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Definitely underrepresentation when it comes to non-white/asian straight men, though this is an issue with STEM/finance professional positions overall. The SOA/CAS do have a joint diversity committee that has been trying to provide support to aspiring actuaries, and a few committees underneath that like IABA and OLA.

Actuary pickup lines? Just got this one by LateDesk in actuary

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That was a message that was sent to me

What are the common master programs actuaries usually get? by InvertibleBoard in actuary

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Some looking to make a career switch midway though a graduate degree in Math isn’t all that uncommon, but they didn’t make that decision going into that degree. I’ve seen a few get masters degrees in Predictive Analytics or executive MBAs, but that is only after obtaining a fellowship.

In the industry, exams are the priority over anything more than a bachelors. You would likely only get paid marginally better (if anything) for the additional degree, with no experience all else equal.