Jessica Leong on Who Actuaries Are

Jessica Leong is the President of the Casualty Actuarial Society and the Lead Data Scientist at Zurich North America.Jessica used her conversational Jiu Jitsu powers to make me talk a fair bit more than usual in this episode and it turns out I had some things to get off my chest about being an actuary!We discuss:-How do we define what an actuary is. There are different ways to approach this question!-How might we have thought about the defunct CAS SOA merger?-Are the exams getting harder? Why?-The culture of being an actuary-How does Jessica introduce herself at dinner parties?Thanks for listening!Show notes:https://wordpress.com/post/notunreasonable.com/7299Twitter: @davecwrightSurprise, It's Insurance mailing listLinkedin Social Science of Insurance Essays