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Celebrating the 2025 ASNA-CIA Scholarship Winners
The Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) and the Actuarial Students’ National Association (ASNA) proudly recognize the winners of the 2025 ASNA-CIA diversity, equity and inclusion scholarships.
The probability of perfection: actuarial insights from baseball’s perfect games
At the risk of this being an annual event, I am once again trying to make a connection between actuarial science and baseball.
Cost Estimating: A Non-traditional Path with Boundless Opportunities
In today’s dynamic employment marketplace, the tools and skill sets afforded by an education in actuarial science can offer candidates a much vaster and more varied career path.
What’s in a designation? Stories of actuaries and their transitioning careers
For those of us with an ACIA or FCIA designation, those four hard-earned letters can represent many things. Beyond being a celebrated achievement, they’re a signal that we have expertise in actuarial practice and can be trusted to do high-quality work according to established standards.
Navigating the field of actuarial science: insights from a recent graduate
Looking back at my actuarial science journey and what it has been to this point, I am not able to condense the experience down to a single aspect. Rather, it has been the sum of the experiences, opportunities and conversations that I’ve had to this point that have led me to where I am today. And I’m very excited to explore the areas and skills connected to actuarial science as well, such as data science, statistics and quantitative analysis. These are just a few examples of the possible paths available for those within the actuarial community.
Supporting success for the Indigenous community
Tony Williams, FCIA, is a retired actuarial consultant with more than 40 years of pension, investment and benefits industry experience. Throughout his career, and even into retirement, Tony has provided many meaningful contributions to the Indigenous community.
Strengthening ourselves and our workforce: Lessons from the CIA’s annual conference
Beyond broadening the technical expertise of its attendants, act22 was a source for lessons in personal and professional development. Read on for some of the lessons learned in 2022, like how to strengthen our workers, work processes, organizations and more.
The law of addition
The law of addition in leadership, however, says that for every addition you make, the results are multiplied. Leadership “law” also says that subtraction leads to division. That’s the new leadership math.
An actuarial showcase of challenge and opportunity
At the CIA’s annual conference, act22,last June, we delivered a mix of technical sessions and inspiring keynote presentations, and encouraged discussions to help Canada’s actuaries with their work, post-conference.
Mentorship in the actuarial space
Even the most qualified actuaries didn’t enter the workforce already holding complex skills. They were taught, guided, and shaped through experience and learning opportunities.