In Dublin our client’s actuarial risk team works closely with the actuarial teams in both the UK and across Europe, and often on multi-service line engagements with our Risk, Assurance and Performance Improvement colleagues. The range of services offered continues to expand in line with the market, with our actuaries in Dublin providing both advisory [...]
Responsibilities Actuaries use skills primarily in mathematics, particularly calculus-based probability and mathematical statistics, but also economics, computer science, finance, and business. For this reason, actuaries are essential to the insurance and reinsurance industries, either as staff employees or as consultants; to other businesses, including sponsors of pension plans; and to government agencies such as the [...]
What Is An Actuary Anyway? There is no single definition regarding what an actuary is. Actuaries have been described as financial fortune tellers, business mathematicians, data inspired professional problem solvers, business statisticians and financial astrologers. In a recent popular LinkedIn discussion there was a strong level of agreement with the version put forward by the [...]
Actuarial Contracting Ireland There are currently many actuarial contracting opportunities in Ireland. An actuarial contractor is often enticed by the flexibility and enhanced actuarial salaries that are available. Actuarial contracting involves performing a role for a defined period and not being paid via payroll as an employee of the company but charging a daily [...]
Are you looking for information on an actuarial salary survey? Most people that have heard of an actuary will probably tell you that actuaries get paid really well. If you Google "actuary salary" or "how much do actuaries get paid" you will likely hear more of the same. But how much do actuaries really [...]
Actuarial Risk First, what do we mean when we refer to "actuarial risk"? Actuaries are experts in dealing with financial uncertainties and hence risk. Companies and organisations are exposed to many types of risk. For example, under the Solvency II regulatory regime, insurance companies will have exposure to insurance risk, market risk, default risk, operational [...]
It's challenging to land the right job, especially for specialised fields like actuarial science. However, do not despair. Whilst it may be difficult, it is not impossible to get an actuary job in Dublin, or further afield in Ireland, that meets your needs and wants. So, how do you make it happen? Know What the [...]
Our client requires a qualified life actuary as Deputy Head of Projects. The successful candidate will be strongly involved in the IFRS 17 project as well as a Finance transformation program and will be expected to establish him-/herself as a key driver of this project. The role will include: • Support of the project management [...]
This is an accelerated career path opportunity for a recently qualfiied actuary to become a HoAF within a reasonably quick timeframe. The role will require a candidate with strong analytical and numerical skills, a high level of computer literacy, with a strong focus on attention to detail. They will need to be self-motivated and organized [...]
Our client is looking to recruit an energetic recently qualified life insurance actuary. The services they provide include establishing new life, non-life and reinsurance companies, providing Head of Actuarial Function and outsourced actuarial services for insurers and reinsurers, product development and pricing, reserve reviews, capital adequacy, risk assessment and management, formulating market entry and distribution [...]
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