There are excellent prospects for interesting, challenging, satisfying and well-paid careers. Consulting actuaries offer their professional services for a fee. The increasing technical sophistication of the investment and finance sector has created a demand for actuaries with strong financial and risk management skills. Opportunities exist in investment banking, funds management, financial market training and support roles, risk managment and stockbroking. In the general and health insurance field actuaries use their statistical and analytical training to assess risks and to advise on financial control.
Many actuaries move into administration and top management positions.
The actuary's work requires a sound theoretical training, but of more importance is the ability to exercise proper professional judgment in dealing with the many practical problems encountered. The ability to express conclusions in clear and concise language is essential. Graphics version or text version . Here is a selection of the best. Note that these pages are from overseas sites.