Actuary : Employers and vacancy sources

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Case studies

• Trainee actuary: Jim
• Actuarial student: Victoria Rolfe

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Most actuarial trainees begin their careers in the financial services industry, particularly in the traditional employment areas of insurance and pensions. Employers include:

• insurance and reinsurance companies;
• general and specialist consultancies;
• the public sector.

Career opportunities vary depending on the type and size of employer. Visit The Actuarial Profession  website for a list of employers and to research companies in order to gain a full understanding of the type of work involved in each area.

Consultancy work is an alternative option for actuaries. Of UK Fellows of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, 35% work in insurance or reinsurance, compared with 48% working in consultancy or business advisory roles.

The Government Actuary's Department (GAD)  is an independent actuarial consultancy working within government. Their work includes advising public sector organisations in the UK and internationally on insurance-related issues, principally the regulation and supervision of insurance companies.

Lloyd's of London  is a specialist insurance market and runs a graduate programme. For graduate programmes or opportunities run by specific businesses in the Lloyd’s market visit Graduates at Lloyd's .

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• The Actuary    
• Directory of Actuarial Employers in the UK and Ireland     
• Inside Careers: Actuaries  
• Financial Times  
• Careers service vacancy lists.

Recruitment agencies, e.g. CompliantGlobal , sometimes handle vacancies and often advertise in the financial vacancy sections of the press or in professional journals. See the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)  website for a list of member agencies.

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