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5 reasons to be an actuary as a career

Most people think of actuaries as boring mathematicians, holed up in their offices, with calculators and computers. But an actuarial career in the casualty insurance industry is so much more!

By Rick Gorvett | Updated on February 28, 2017
Being an actuary for a property & casualty insurer can be an interesting, rewarding career. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Twenty years ago, you could ask a large group of actuaries, “How many of you first learned of the actuarial profession while in high school?” and only a small handful would raise their hands. 

Now, it’s amazingly common — even the rule — for university actuarial science majors to enter college as incoming freshmen having firmly decided at the age of 16 or 17 that they want to pursue an actuarial career.

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