The Australian health care system is characterized by free public hospital care, low- or no-cost access to primary care physicians and subsidized pharmaceuticals for all citizens.

Whether we become Fellows or Associates, we actuaries literally spend years studying. But what happens once we finally reach the end of our formal actuarial studies? Do we think it was worth it?…

Catherine is an actuary with more than 20 years’ experience in financial services, specialising in life insurance. More recently she has also been getting involved with ESG, with a particular focus…

Anna is a Senior Manager within the Collaborative Commissioning team at NSW Health, where her team uses advanced analytics techniques to design, monitor and evaluate new models…

Jananie William (FIAA, PhD) wears many hats: she is an academic at the ANU, a Research Affiliate with the Global Institute of Women's Leadership (ANU) and Advisor to The Social Outcomes Lab…

Professional mentoring can take many forms, from seeking guidance from someone on a specific issue through to multi-year formal career mentoring arrangements. Investing in finding and…

With the COVID pandemic in its third year, many actuaries are still working remotely. This means that actuarial managers continue to face the challenge of managing team members who are not in…

In celebration of International Women’s Day today, Julia Lessing highlights the need for leaders, managers, colleagues to take action to #BreakTheBias and reflects on the progress that the actuarial…

Stephen Huppert provides advice to organisations that are committed to improving the retirement outcomes of Australians. These range from some of Australia’s largest superannuation funds…

One characteristic of great actuarial leaders is their ability to make effective decisions. They confidently make timely decisions while capably weighing up all relevant factors…

Ada Tong is currently the Product Director of Property Data Solutions at Domain. She started her career as a GI actuary, before moving into analytics and data science, and most recently she has…

Not long after I finished my last actuarial exam, one of my closest friends went through a traumatic divorce. Her mental health was affected, and before long, she was having suicidal thoughts…

High-performing actuarial teams are led by managers who know how to allocate work fairly, safely and efficiently to maximise the contribution of their teams, while creating opportunities for team…

Wayne Brazel is an Actuary with over 30 years experience within the Australian and North American Industries and across the broad spectrum of products and currently is the Appointed Actuary and…

After the lockdowns of 2020, we were excited for the promise of a fresh start that 2021 brought. But after a second challenging year of lockdowns, vaccinations and Greek letter variants, many people have…

At 8am Christmas morning the phone rang. “Mum, I’ve just tested positive for Covid”. The previous night, a close friend told me her daughter had tested positive, and their household would be in…

Years ago, we had a new graduate who was not fitting into the team well. This young actuarial aspirant was trying to demonstrate their enthusiasm and proactivity by making decisions and communicating…

Are there some people that are really easy to work with, yet others can be really challenging? As actuaries, we have our technical training in common, but most of us need to interact with other people…

Sam is a freelance GI Actuary working with consulting houses and insurance companies while developing a start-up that helps reduce plastic waste. He is currently an Associate within EY’s Actuarial…

First it was COVID-19, then lockdowns, then Delta, then more lockdowns, and now it’s Omicron. It’s not surprising that many of us are feeling unusually on edge in the last few weeks of 2021…