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Moving from consulting to insurance. Can’t wait for better work/life balance. Any tips from those who’ve worked at an insurer?

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a Health Actuarial Consultant
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What’s the norm for leaving my current company before sitting for the exam they paid the fee/materials for? Has anyone ever been asked to pay it back?

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works at Aon
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Is there anyone here who can advice me on Milliman Seattle Health culture?

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works at McKinsey & Company
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Looking for a career change - can you share what the typical working hours look like as an actuary in your company?

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works at Willis Towers Watson
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Can someone help me understand the difference in health actuarial work done by WTW/Aon/Mercer vs Milliman vs Big 4. I'm familiar with WTW/Aon/Mercer, not sure if Milliman does exactly the same wor… more

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works at Milliman
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Currently an early career actuarial analyst, looking to switch into P&C from retirement. Looking for any advice you may have.

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works at Deloitte
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Any PWC actuaries care to share their level and comp? May be interested in jumping over.

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works at PwC
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We’re not getting laid off right? I have so much work

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From your experience, which company has a good graduate actuarial programme? In terms of salary and learning opportunities

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works at EY
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Offer in hand from insurance company for 150k at almost 7yoe, fully remote FSA. Trying to get them to come up on base (do not think they will go much higher) Currently making 170k in consulting.

Can i… more

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works at EY
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Any actuaries from Canada here? I currently work in the U.S. and plan to move to Canada by the end of this year.

How's the job market for actuaries in Canada? I'm almost credentialed ASA, hope… more

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Which one is better in terms of salary and growth opportunity, Graduate non-life Actuarial at EY or a FT position as Actuarial analyst at Willis Towers Watson ? I'm graduating this summer.. Any insight… more

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works at Mercer
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Interested to know others’ thoughts: would you consider the actuarial profession to be recession proof? Do you think there are some tracks that are more protected than others? From where I sit, it’s h… more

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works at Oliver Wyman
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Curious to hear what non-traditional actuarial roles people have been in/seen friends go into. I tried branching out and for my last role was in corporate risk for an asset management firm, but still … more

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works at EY
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works at Mercer
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Any Aon pension actuaries who could help my friend understand the hierarchy of titles? Let’s say my friend has 10 years of experience, FSA and EA credentials, was a consistently high performer over hi… more

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works at EY
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Looking for an exit opportunity from big4 actuarial consulting. Dont wanna take a paycut. What do?

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works at EY
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Any Deloitte pension actuaries out there? How is the culture & work/life/study balance? Is the work only pension valuations and audits? Or are there other consulting opportunities too?

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Any EY actuary out here? I would love to know if EY pays for your actuarial study materials and how are pay raises after passing each exam? Would also love to hear if it is easy to take study hours.
Th… more

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works at Deloitte
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Any actuaries here get in Insurtech start up? I’m curious about your day to day and how it compares to consulting and/or industry.

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works at Liberty Mutual Insurance
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Is everyone here in consulting? Or do we have industry folks as well?

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an Analyst
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How’s everyone doing?

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My cousin is graduating in Jan/May 2021 depending on the job options. How should she go about finding entry level actuary jobs?

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