Jessica Leong on Who Actuaries Are

An episode of the The Not Unreasonable Podcast podcast, hosted by David Wright, titled "Jessica Leong on Who Actuaries Are" was published on June 21, 2021 and runs 46 minutes.

June 21, 2021 ·46m · The Not Unreasonable Podcast

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Summary

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...

Episode Description

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!

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