UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS A_x ACTUARIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM HOME PAGE

Welcome to the University of Toronto actuarial home page. If crawling around the Web got you here accidentally and you'd like to know more about actuarial science and the actuarial profession, here are a couple of links that you can try. One useful website to look at is Be An Actuary. The Canadian Institute of Actuaries , the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society are professional associations representing the actuarial profession. The Actuarial Students National Association (ASNA/ANEA) is a Canadian university student actuarial association that has many of Canada's university actuarial programs as affiliate members. Those pages have links to many other actuarial pages on the web (some of which you'll find below on this page).

Links to and general information about the faculty members and programs and courses available in actuarial science at U of T can be found on the Department of Statistics home page. Programs in Actuarial Science can be found in the U. of Toronto's Faculty of Arts & Science on-line calendar.




The following links are primarily for the students in the ActSci program.
 

BLUE CROSS, MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK ACTUARIAL JOB
Attached is a notice of an actuarial job opportunity in Moncton, New Brunswick,  Blue Cross 


U OF T ACTUARIAL SCIENCE STUDENT CLUB
The student club invites all actuarial students to participate. Please visit the club homepage at act-sci student club.
In order to join the club e-mail list, send a blank email to
uoftactsci-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.



TIMELY ANNOUNCEMENTS

JOHN CULVER WOODDY SCHOLARSHIP
The Actuarial Foundation sponsors a number of $2000 US scholarships in
the name of John Wooddy, a distinguished actuary whose estate sets fund aside for this scholarship. The scholarship requires an application.
Information is available at the Stat Dept office, SS6018.

 

CAS TRUST SCHOLARSHIP
The Casualty Actuarial Society is offering a limited number of $1500 scholarships. Visit the following website for details and eligibility:
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EMPIRE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ACTUARIAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Empire Life has entry level actuarial employment opportunities.
The following two files have information about the jobs:
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Interested students are asked to contact Empire Life via the Empire Life website.



RULES FOR MINIMUM GRADE C IN ACT240, ACT245 AND ACT247
These rules will be strictly enforced by the Department of Statistics.
If the course is passed but a minimum mark of 63 is not achieved, the summer (or later session) course can be taken as an "extra credit". Retaking a course will require a written request by the student to the dept of statistics to be allowed to enrol in the course a second time; a ROSI transcript with complete student information must be submitted with the request to retake a course. If the minimum mark of 63 is not obtained the second time the course is taken, the student will not be permitted to take the course a 3rd time and the student will not be permitted to enrol in any 3rd or 4th year ACT courses. The repeat of ACT240H, ACT245H or ACT247H can be done once only. Students who do not complete any 2nd year ACT course for any reason (missed final exam, GWR, etc), will need to complete the course and obtain the minimum mark of 63 before being allowed to register in any 3rd or 4th year ACT course.

In addition, the following rules will apply for students who have passed Exam FM. If a student has passed ACT240 and ACT245 and SOA Exam FM, then the minimum mark 63 will be regarded as being satisfied for ACT240 and ACT245. If the minimum mark of 63 is being satisfied as a result of SOA exam, the student must submit a copy of the SOA passing mark notification (with student number, ROSI transcript, e-mail and phone contact) to the Dept of Statistics (SS6018) before being allowed to enrol in 3rd or 4th year ACT courses.
 

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SOA APPROVED COURSES FOR VEE CREDIT
The Society of Actuaries has approved the following courses for VEE credit:
Economics:
    ECO100Y (St George and UTM) , ECM A03Y (UTS)
Corporate Finance:
    ACT349H OR MGT331Y OR MGT337Y OR ECO358+ECO359 combination (St George and UTM)
    MGT C03H + MGT C09H (UTS)
Applied Statistical Methods:
    STA250H, STA302H, or ECO220Y for regression AND STA457H for time series (St George and UTM)
    STA C57H3 (UTS) for time series
In order to receive VEE credit for a particular topic, you must get a grade of at least B- in the associated courses . The SOA is accepting approval requests from students. Additional information about VEE is online at the SOA website.


U OF T CAREER CENTRE WEEKLY LIST OF COMPANY INFORMATION SESSIONS
The latest listing of the schedule of company information sessions can be found at www.careers.utoronto.ca . Click on "Services for students and recent graduates", then choose "What's New", and then click on "Employer Info Session".

 

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE ACTUARIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM
The following link lists the awards and scholarships available for student in the actuarial
science program along with past award recipients:  scholarships
 


INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK ACTUARIES
The IABA was organized in 1992 with the mission of offering a network of support to Black students and professional via mentoring and professional development opportunities. For additional information on the asscoiation, visit the website IABA , or contact David James at david.james@cna.com .


UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO CONSULTING ASSOCIATION
The UTCA hosts events related to careers in consulting. For information, visit the website UTCA.


Courses

This takes you to links for the ActSci courses in which (it is hoped) you will find current course information on problem sets, tests, etc.

The following are links that may be of interest to the actuarially-minded.


Balducci's Actuarial Home Page
The Berry List of Actuarial Resources
Statistics Canada





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