Actuarial Horoscopes

Traditional horoscopes predict the future based on your zodiac sign. They tend to be fuzzy and generic and don’t say anything too useful.

BTS can do better. While still fuzzy and generic, we can at least let you know something useful, like your chance of death in a year. We’ve predicted your future based on the type of financial product/insurance that you purchase.

Actuarial Intern Writes Super Macro

A typical summer exercise took quite a turn for an actuarial intern who will remain anonymous.

The task was to create a tool that would consolidate output from thousands of scenarios into an easy to interpret summary sheet.

The intern searched Google for VBA language, and was soon closing in on the project’s objective. Then something curious happened.

Actuarial Promulgation on the Rise

According to recent observational evidence, there has been a recent spike in actuarial procreation.

Experts have several theories for possible causes, most notably high participation at “exam passing” happy hours.

There are mixed emotions among actuaries about this news.

The Athletic Actuary

 

The Athletic Actuary

By Nate Worrell 

Heart pounding, adrenaline pumping, dripping in sweat, working as hard as possible, trying to beat the clock...

• The above description could be for an athlete or an actuarial student taking exams. The parallels are numerous. As a collegiate athlete I ate, slept and breathed basketball. My schedule was built around gym time. When exam season comes around, study time becomes the gym. I find that the keys to success as a basketball player are directly applicable as an actuary and exam taker.