Actuary

• Jake, the State Farm agent whom a jealous housewife was convinced was up to no good with her husband – because he worked at 3 a.m. – was a big hit; The GEICO pig – the one that squeals WHEEE all the way home – is a polarizing porker.
(Insurance Journal)
• If you glanced at the new alleged listing of the Best and Worst Jobs from CareerCast.com today, this is what you would be asked to believe: The BEST jobs are Software Engineer, Actuary, HR Manager, Dental Hygienest, and Financial Planner.
(Gawker)
• Every actuary knows that there are winners and losers under a defined benefit pension plan. In any defined benefit plan where the employer and employees each pay half the cost, there will be some employees who pay less than half and others who pay more.
(Calgary Herald)
• MUMBAI: HDFC Life today appointed Srinivasan Parthasarthy as its Chief and Appointed Actuary. Srinivasan joined HDFC Life in 2011 from Canara HSBC Life Insurance with 18 years of experience in Life Insurance and Pensions in both India and the UK.
(Economic Times)
• Actuaries may spend the day fretting over risk and uncertainty, but when it comes to job satisfaction, it seems they have very little to worry about. According to US research by website Careercast.
(efinancialnews.com)
• The next nine best jobs, in order: actuary, human resources manager, dental hygienist, financial planner, audiologist, occupational therapist, online advertising manager, computer systems analyst and mathematician.
(Los Angeles Times)
• The chief actuary for Canadas old age security system reported last June that in 2010 there were 4.4 people aged 20-64 for each person over 65. By 2050, that ratio is expected to fall to 2.2.
(The Vancouver Sun)
• an investment consultant and actuary with Aon Hewitt in Toronto.  By thinking about plan assets as either liability-hedging or return seeking assets, plan sponsors can better manage the risk inherent in each component.
(CNW Group)
• I prefer this second approach to portfolio management for retirees based on my past work as an asset-liability management actuary. I find bucket strategies are similar to cash flow matching, a relatively straightforward asset-liability management technique.
(Huffington Post)