Actuaries' Survival Guide
How to Succeed in One of the Most Desirable Professions
- 1st Edition - February 23, 2004
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Fred Szabo
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 6 8 0 1 4 6 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 2 4 2 4 - 5
This unique book is a guide for students and graduates of mathematics, statistics, economics, finance, and other number-based disciplines contemplating a career in actuarial… Read more
Purchase options
Institutional subscription on ScienceDirect
Request a sales quoteThis unique book is a guide for students and graduates of mathematics, statistics, economics, finance, and other number-based disciplines contemplating a career in actuarial science. Given the comprehensive range of the cases that are analyzed in the book, the Actuaries' Survival Guide can serve as a companion to existing study material for all courses designed to prepare students for actuarial examinations.
* Based on the curricula and examinations of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS)
* Presents an overview of career options and details on employment in different industries
* Provides a link between theory and practice; helps readers gain the qualitative and quantitative skills and knowledge required to succeed in actuarial exams
* Includes insights from over 50 actuaries and actuarial students
* Written by Fred Szabo, who has directed the actuarial co-op program at Concordia University for over ten years
* Presents an overview of career options and details on employment in different industries
* Provides a link between theory and practice; helps readers gain the qualitative and quantitative skills and knowledge required to succeed in actuarial exams
* Includes insights from over 50 actuaries and actuarial students
* Written by Fred Szabo, who has directed the actuarial co-op program at Concordia University for over ten years
Actuarial mathematics students, career-minded students in courses such as macroeconomics, microeconomics, finance, and business, and for beginning professionals who are interested in career alternatives
INTRODUCTION
1 ACTUARIAL CAREERS
2 ACTUARIAL EDUCATION
3 ACTUARIAL JOBS
A CONSULTING FIRMS
B INSURANCE COMPANIES
C RECIPROCITY
D ACTUARIAL WEBSITES
E ACTUARIAL SYMBOLS
F BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
1 ACTUARIAL CAREERS
2 ACTUARIAL EDUCATION
3 ACTUARIAL JOBS
A CONSULTING FIRMS
B INSURANCE COMPANIES
C RECIPROCITY
D ACTUARIAL WEBSITES
E ACTUARIAL SYMBOLS
F BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 23, 2004
- No. of pages (eBook): 268
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780126801460
- eBook ISBN: 9780080524245
FS
Fred Szabo
Author of:
The Linear Algebra Survival Guide, 1st Edition
Actuaries' Survival Guide, 2nd Edition
Actuaries' Survival Guide, 1st Edition
Linear Algebra: An Introduction using Maple, 1st Edition
Linear Algebra: An Introduction using Mathematica, 1st Edition
Fred E. Szabo is professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Concordia University in Canada. He completed his undergraduate studies at Oxford University under the guidance of Sir Michael Dummett and received a Ph.D. in mathematics from McGill University under the supervision of Joachim Lambek. After postdoctoral studies at Oxford University and visiting professorships at several European universities, he returned to Concordia University as a faculty member and dean of graduate studies. For more than twenty years, he developed methods for the teaching of mathematics with technology. In 2012 he was honored at the annual Wolfram Technology Conference for his work on "A New Kind of Learning" with a Wolfram Innovator Award. He is currently professor and Provost Fellow at Concordia University.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Mathematics, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaRead Actuaries' Survival Guide on ScienceDirect