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PREPARE YOURSELF FOR ACTUARIAL SUCCESS

BE READY. BE CLEAR. BE SMART 

DO YOU HAVE THESE ACTUARIAL PROBLEMS?

  • You know actuarial opportunities are out there, but you need clarity, perspective and knowledge
  • Maybe you want to get promoted/find a new actuarial job, but you don’t have the training and knowledge you need
  • You know that having global actuarial connections will be immensely valuable for your future actuarial career, but you don’t know where to start
  • You know that getting access to the right advice and insights can be career changing
  • You want to optimize your actuarial potential and become the best actuary you can be, but you don’t have the holistic resources necessary to achieve this
  • You want to accelerate and protect your future actuarial career by learning about cutting edge actuarial topics in a time and cost effective way, but you struggle to find the right resources

This is Why We Built ProActuary Connect

What Is ProActuary Connect?

ProActuary Connect is your on-demand Actuarial Community, Learning Hub and Training Resource.

A place for all things actuarial-related, with a specific focus on how to thrive in the industry’s future.

  • It’s packed with in-depth, practical training and resources to help you discover your optimal actuarial career path.
  • We will help you to BE READY, BE CLEAR, BE SMART.
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We live in the era of do-it-yourself career development. 

The onus is on you to take control of your career.

This is both bad news and good news.

Bad news if you are reactive.

Good news if you are proactive…

PROACTUARY CONNECT WILL HELP YOU TO:

Accelerate your actuarial career with free access to training courses, summits, tech-focused sessions

Discover actuarial opportunities by gaining clarity, perspective and knowledge from industry experts

Learn about career changing, cutting edge topics in a time & cost effective way

Meet the ProActuary Connect Team

ProActuary was founded by Mark and Suzanne Farrell, an Actuary and a Psychologist with a desire to help actuaries and actuarial students to optimize their potential through networking, education and personal/professional development. We want you to BE READY, BE CLEAR, BE SMART.

Mark Farrell PhD FIA
Director/Actuary

Mark is a Fellow of the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries with more than 23 years of global experience working in the actuarial profession. He has worked internationally in the fields of pension consulting, life insurance, actuarial recruitment and actuarial education.

Mark has a PhD in finance and is a Fulbright Scholar. He has published in numerous actuarial and finance journals and publications.

Suzanne Farrell
Director/Psychologist

As a Director at ProActuary, Suzanne has managed a number of large global projects focusing on career and professional development for actuarial professionals and students. 

With her background working as a psychologist Suzanne loves working collaboratively to provide the best solutions at an individual and organisational level.

John Nicholas FASSA
Actuarial Consultant

John is a South African qualified actuary with 10 years’ experience in pricing and product development, with a particular focus on rewards programmes, life insurance and investments. John has worked with ProActuary since 2022 and is passionate about people and mentoring teams. John also writes a weekly newsletter about the creator economy and entrepreneurship.

Rosario Pogoy
Business Support Specialist

Rose has worked with ProActuary since 2019 and is a valuable member of our team. She manages many aspects of ProActuary including design, social media, and technical website issues. Rose has a BSc in Information Technology and helps to ensure the smooth running of our website and our online events.

Richard Galbraith

Richard is a a Fellow (FIA) of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), and a CERA credential holder. He has over 20 years experience in the profession, and has worked in a wide variety of functions.

Jawwad Farid

Jawwad is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a serial founder with one cross border exit and five books to his name. He has lived and worked in London, New York, Orange County, Leesburg, Singapore, Riyadh, Dubai, Nairobi, and Karachi.

Stephen Camilli

Stephen helps actuarial science students succeed in his role as Lecturer at the University of Connecticut. Previously, as President, he oversaw content creation and the overall business at ACTEX Learning, an actuarial education and publishing company.

Ioannis

Ioannis Kyriakou

Ioannis is a Reader in Actuarial Finance at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City, University of London. He is also the Director of the Actuarial MSc programmes at Bayes.

WHAT MEMBERS SAY ABOUT US?

“ProActuary Connect is one of the few places that I can discuss professional insights and emerging topics with actuaries from other parts of the world. I have learnt a great deal that I believe will help me in my future actuarial career.”
Jerry To (FSA)
Actuarial Manager
“I was so grateful to join ProActuary Connect which has given me the opportunity to gain great insights into the actuarial industry. I have achieved self improvement by undertaking different courses such as Data Science and Emotional Intelligence for Actuaries. I even used the support and advice to help me get my first actuarial job!” 
Christy Tsui
Actuarial Student
“ProActuary Connect is a very enriching experience. It gives me the advantage of always learning something new and staying abreast of exciting new developments that will help me succeed as an actuary.”
Deepesh Vaid (FIA, FIAI)
Actuary

OPTIMIZE YOUR ACTUARIAL CAREER

The ProActuary Video Library

World Class Presentations Delivered by Leading Actuaries & Business Professionals

Our video library is packed with in-depth, practical training and resources on all aspects of actuarial science.

We carefully and painstakingly sourced the very best actuarial presenters from across the globe to make sure that every presentation and training session is valuable and exciting to watch. No more boring actuarial presentations!  

From InsurTech to Core Actuarial Skills to Professional Growth to Data Science to the Future of the Actuarial Profession. Whatever actuarial topic you want to know more about, we’ve got you covered. There are over 100 actuarial training videos available and we are adding to the library every year.

BE READY. BE CLEAR. BE SMART

Access to ProActuary Jobs

The only actuarial job site you’ll ever need

With more than 4,000 live actuarial jobs, our actuarial job site will help you find your next dream actuarial role.

Learn from our body of carefully curated documents and ebooks, covering areas such as Data Science, Interview Preparation, InsurTech, Python, SQL, and Personal/Professional Development. We are constantly adding to our library and currently have over 100 ebooks and documents available.

The ProActuary Problem Portal

Your Very Own Experienced Actuarial Experts to Call Upon for Advice!

We have global actuarial experts appointed as advisors in our “Problem Portal” to create this amazing resource. Our “experts in residence” include qualified actuaries, a practicing psychologist, a world-renowned actuarial author, an actuary who qualified in 3 years and an actuarial data scientist who is also the CEO of an exciting InsurTech company. 

BE READY. BE CLEAR. BE SMART

On Demand Actuarial Courses

This is a 57 lesson course developed by an FIA actuary and a data scientist. If you want to get started in data science, this is an excellent foundational course.

This course is developed and delivered by Dr Conor Sweeney in University College Dublin. Dr Sweeney brings his knowledge of computational mathematics and forecasting methods for renewable energy and energy systems to give actuaries an understanding of the science behind climate change.

This course is developed and delivered by Suzanne Farrell who is a Director at ProActuary and a Practitioner Psychologist with 23 years experience working in the education sector.

This course is developed and delivered by Suzanne Farrell who is a Director at ProActuary and a Practitioner Psychologist with 23 years experience working in the education sector.

This course is currently in development.

Community and Networking

Make valuable worldwide connections

Join a network of like-minded individuals, focused on advancing their actuarial knowledge and career

Have access to a cutting-edge global actuarial social network platform to network, brainstorm, and to share or gain knowledge and insight

CV/Resume Design Service (in development)

First impressions count. When applying for a new (or your first!) actuarial job, having a professional looking resume or CV is critical. But designing a professional looking resume is hard work, frustrating and time consuming. And knowing what to include and how much to write, can be confusing.

That’s why we are creating the ProActuary Connect CV/Resume Design Service (coming soon). 

Still Have Questions?

Check Our FAQ

In its most basic terms, ProActuary Connect is a Learning Hub and Community for the Modern Actuary. It is a space that will allow you to be prepared, have greater clarity and make ‘smart’ career choices and decisions as you grow as an actuary.

The Learning Hub includes access to a growing library of bespoke, self-paced courses, virtual event presentations (70+), fireside discussions and other resources. ProActuary Connect provides you with a community of like-minded actuaries who you can interact with at a global level, gaining insights and learning from each other whilst creating valuable connections.

For now, yes it is 100% free, to gain access to ProActuary Connect if you satisfy the following criteria:

1. You are registered with ProActuary Jobs. You do not need to be actively seeking a job to register. Being registered simply means you have added your details and CV/Resume to our system and you are happy for us to contact you if we think there’s an actuarial job that might interest you.

2. You are working as an actuary and you have attained at least one actuarial exam (see the FAQ question below to understand why we have this constraint in place).

3. You have successfully completed our simple application form.

The ProActuary membership site cost us tens of thousands to develop and thousands to maintain every year. This is fully funded by ProActuary. Each additional member adds to the ongoing costs.

As the site is free, opening the membership to students and aspiring actuaries and individuals that have not yet sat and passed exams, would regrettably (at this point) make the membership unsustainable due to costs involved to support that volume. We hope to change this in the future so that students etc can also avail of the resources for free.

If you are a student or aspiring actuary (not working/without any actuarial exams), please make use of the many valuable free articles and guides we have collated for you. At this point we may be able to open the membership to some select actuarial science university courses. If you are a university student studying actuarial science, please ask your course director to contact us to discuss further.

ProActuary is built for the modern actuary with a focus on those who want to be “Future Ready” with the skills, knowledge and mindset needed to grow and excel in their career. Some of you may be just starting out, and many of you may be more experienced actuaries. No matter your interest or skill level, we have content that will help you.

We have a vast library of video presentations that go deep into important topics for actuaries as well as self-paced courses and fire-side discussions.

Our ‘Problem Portal’ allows you to ask our ‘experts in residence’ questions and queries at the click of a button for insider advice which can help you solve everyday actuarial problems.

The content on ProActuary Connect is innovation and tech-focused balanced with a grounding in actuarial ‘core skills’ which you need to excel within the actuarial industry’s growing market place.

That’s up to you, and there’s no pressure to go through it all. Each member approaches the content to suit their own needs. Some take courses to build a skill or address a pressing business issue or to fulful CPD requirements. We support that approach by having a community area where you can ask questions or bounce ideas off the group. 

Whatever you need we have something insightful and valuable for you.

You can interact as much or as little as you like in the community area and it is a space for you to ask questions, share ideas and learn from other like-minded actuaries.

Although ProActuary Jobs is our current focus, we still try to be active in the community area (and you can see our avatars when we’re there). 

If we’re not chatting, we’re listening for new ways to help the actuarial community, via the ProActuary website. We’re thinkers and creators, so we enjoy sharing what we know in the areas where we excel – just as we hope you will.

Simply complete our application form and if you are a good fit and satisfy our criteria (see the second question, above) we will send you all the details.