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What is an Actuary?

Actuaries are the leading professionals in finding ways to manage risk. Using business knowledge, actuaries quantify the financial impact of risk and develop creative solutions for complex problems. Their work is intellectually challenging and well compensated. Actuaries possess strong analytical skills to design and manage programs that control risk. In almost every category, such as work environment, employment outlook, job security, growth opportunity, and salary, a career as an actuary is hard to beat.

Actuaries are experts in:

  • Evaluating the likelihood of future events
  • Designing creative ways to reduce the likelihood of undesirable events
  • Decreasing the impact of undesirable events that do occur

Actuaries work at:

  • Insurance Companies
  • Consulting Firms
  • Private Corporations
  • The Government

And More!

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