Over the last number of years, there has been a sea-change in the average actuary?s career path. No longer does he or she want to be tagged as a ?life actuary? or ?pensions actuary? for their whole career but as a ?business actuary? who has experience of a number of actuarial disciplines. There are many reasons for this ?
? they have become bored in their current roles and feel like a new challenge
? the merging of financial services organisations has meant that a number of different actuarial disciplines are now offered by the one employer, making it easier for the actuary to move jobs internally, or
? because they have moved out into the countryside for family reasons and the choice is between the local fish-processing factory and whatever actuarial organisation happens to be in the area.
