Actuary of the Future

Date entered profession?
September 2007.

Employer and area of work?
Deloitte & Touche LLP; life insurance.

Jobs so far?
Admin and secretarial temping before Uni, and spells of city centre market research and on telephone helpdesks.

Exams passed?
None — I’m a physicist.

Most exciting actuarial moment?
Meeting people for work drinks and being bombarded with questions about quantum physics.

Alternative career?
Astronaut. Apparently I’m too short so I took the second best option.

Most memorable actuarial moment?
Trying to take three lots of CT study notes home from the office at once. It didn’t seem that heavy to start with, but I don’t have life insurance.

Last CD purchased?
Leona Lewis’ first album.

Film or theatre?
Depends on the mood — film mostly but theatre is a real treat and I love it.

Pets?
I’ve only ever had a few goldfish. I’m not keen on pet smells and the mess.

Green tea or coffee?
Green tea? Yuk. Starbucks café mocha? Yum.

Spend or save?
Save — I feel too guilty when I spend.

Exam philosophy?
Give it your all. So far it’s worked well and I’ve passed everything, but I’ve been warned of the gruelling actuarial process.

Any vices?
Chocolate bars, chocolate cakes, chocolate ice cream… I think I might be a chocoholic.

Study day shopper or sleeper?
Sleeper, but I do study too.

Would like to see actuaries working in which wider field?
Due to the increases in terminal conditions such as cancer, there is probably a lot more scope in the area of critical illness protection cover.

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