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Life Advice / Re: Changing (back) to a career feild?
« on: January 14, 2016, 11:07:15 am »I am curious about this.
Do you have any information about these tests/requirements? Especially if you have any personal/practical experience, that would be much appreciated.
No personal experience but I know someone trying to become an actuary. If you don't know what it is, an actuary determines the likelihood of something going bad for a particular situation. They mainly deal with insurance firms and advise them on what the likelihood of a particular situation is and how much they need to charge to ensure they make a profit.
Keep in mind this is only for British actuarism. You need a hard science, mathematics or economics degree at Master's level and then you can become an apprentice actuary at an actuary firm. After that, you can start to take actuary tests which are basically hyper-advanced statistics. After eight (I think) tests, you are a fully qualified actuary.