| Fellows
of the Institute of Actuaries apply mathematical skills
and statistical methods to everyday problems involving
risk and uncertainty. Laurie Dennett's Mind over Data
recounts the history of the Institute, with particular
reference to financial stories which have affected all our
lives in the last sixty years. The author measures the
Institute's reactions to changes wrought by developments
in education, the economy and industry, and discusses the
origins of recent high-profile issues.
The Institute of Actuaries is in many ways a pioneer.
It has forged international links into a network of more
than sixty actuarial organisations, united by the
International Actuarial Association. To be an actuary is
to belong to one of today's most adept and forward-looking
professions.
A myriad people rely on the advice of an actuary. Mind
over Data will appeal not only to actuaries themselves
but also to life insurance companies, pension funds,
government, policy makers, other professions, business
histories, and economics students. But for all people
interested in issues of personal finance, this book lends
insight on how well actuaries - collectively vigilant to
the data of risk for long-term state, corporate and
individual finance provision - have critically informed
national debate for change.
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