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What do actuaries do?
Actuaries are experts in analysing the past. They construct
financial models of the future, assess risk and communicate the
results in financial terms. They work in life and non-life insurance,
consultancy, healthcare, investment, corporate finance,
government service, academia and industry. As an actuary, the
decisions you make could affect hundreds of thousands of
people in all walks of life. You could even be responsible for
billions of pounds of investment. It means the path to
qualification is not easy.
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What should you do next?
If you think it could be for you, an excellent first step would be
to do some work experience. This will give you the opportunity
to see what the job entails within a real commercial
environment. It also gives you a chance to network and will
help to set you apart if you decide to pursue a long-term
career as an actuary.
Applications for work placements are usually made by sending your CV together with a
covering letter, completing the company’s own application form. You could also approach
companies with speculative applications. Your school or university careers services may
have information on work experience vacancies too.
You can get details about joining the Actuarial Profession (the UK professional
body) by contacting:
T: 01865 268228
E: careers@actuaries.org.uk
W: www.actuaries.org.uk
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Location of Actuarial Employers
Amersham Bristol
Barnett Waddingham LLP Aon Consulting Limited
AXA UK
Basingstoke
Buck Consultants
AXA UK
Canada Life Limited
First Actuarial
Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc
Belfast KPMG
Mercer Limited Mercer Limited
Punter Southall Limited
Birmingham
Watson Wyatt Ltd
Aon Consulting Limited
Deloitte LLP Brockham
Hymans Robertson LLP HamishWilson & Co LLP
KPMG
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Mercer Limited
Barnett Waddingham LLP
Pearl Group
Punter Southall Limited Cambridge
Quantum Advisory EMB Consultancy LLP
Watson Wyatt Ltd
Cheltenham
Brighton Barnett Waddingham LLP
Alico
Croydon
Alico
HCL Insurance BPO Services Limited
Dorking
Friends Provident Group plc
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Location of Actuarial Employers
Dublin Guildford
AXA UK Punter Southall Limited
Mercer Limited
Harrow
Watson Wyatt Ltd
Aon Consulting Limited
Edinburgh
Ipswich
AEGON UK
Aon Consulting Limited AXA UK
Glasgow
Aon Consulting Limited
Barnett Waddingham LLP
Hymans Robertson LLP
KPMG
Mercer Limited
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Location of Actuarial Employers
London Lytham St Annes
Aon Consulting Limited AEGON UK
APR LLP
Manchester
AXA UK
Aon Consulting Limited
Barnett Waddingham LLP
Buck Consultants
BDO Stoy Hayward
Deloitte LLP
Buck Consultants
First Actuarial
Deloitte LLP
HSBC Actuaries and Consultants Limited
EMB Consultancy LLP
Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc
Financial Services Authority
KPMG
GAAPS Actuarial
Mercer Limited
Genworth Financial
The Co-operative Financial Services
Government Actuary’s Department
Watson Wyatt Ltd
Grant Thornton UK LLP
HSBC Actuaries and Consultants Limited Newbury
Hymans Robertson LLP Towers Perrin
Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc
Orpington
KPMG
Lane Clark & Peacock LLP Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc
Lucida plc Peterborough
Mercer Limited
First Actuarial
Milliman Limited
Pearl Group
Munich Re UK Life Branch
Potters Bar
Nigel Sloam & Co Actuaries &
Consultants Canada Life Limited
Pearl Group
Reading
Punter Southall Limited
Buck Consultants
Prudential
Hazell Carr
Royal London Group
KPMG
Towers Perrin
Xafinity Consulting Ltd
Watson Wyatt Ltd
Xafinity Consulting Ltd
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Location of Actuarial Employers
Wilmslow
Reigate
Just Retirement Limited Royal London Group
Watson Wyatt Ltd
Winchester
Romford Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
HCL Insurance BPO Services Limited
Windsor
Salisbury Mercer Limited
Friends Provident Group plc
Wokingham
Sheffield Punter Southall Limited
Aon Consulting Limited
Wythall
St Albans Pearl Group
HSBC Actuaries and Consultants Limited
Stirling
Prudential
Xafinity Consulting Ltd
Tonbridge
First Actuarial
Tunbridge Wells
AXA UK
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Insurance
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Insurance
Company AEGON UK Alico
Sandwich Places No No
A Level Entrants No No
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Insurance
Company AXA UK Canada Life Limited
Work Experience No No
A Level Entrants No No
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Insurance
The Co-operative Friends Provident
Company
Financial Services Group plc
Overseas No Limited
Internships No Occasionally
A Level Entrants No No
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Insurance
HCL Insurance BPO
Company Just Retirement Limited
Services Limited
Overseas No No
Internships No Occasionally
A Level Entrants No No
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Insurance
Munich Re
Company Lucida plc
UK Life Branch
Applications Type CV & covering letter via email CV & covering letter
Overseas No No
Internships No No
Sandwich Places No No
A Level Entrants No No
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Insurance
Company NFU Mutual Pearl Group
Overseas No No
Internships Yes No
A Level Entrants No No
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Insurance
Company Prudential Royal London Group
Overseas No No
Internships No No
A Level Entrants No No
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Insurance
Company Scottish Widows Standard Life PLC
Closing date Monday 30 November 2009 See website for closing dates
for entry into 2010 Graduate
Trainee Roles
Other vacancies advertised at
www.scottishwidows.co.uk
Overseas No No
Sandwich Places No No
Work Experience No No
A Level Entrants No No
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Consultancies
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Consultancies
Company Aon Consulting Limited APR LLP
Overseas Worldwide No
Internships Yes No
A Level Entrants No No
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Consultancies
Company Barnett Waddingham LLP BDO Stoy Hayward
Overseas Yes No
Sandwich Places No No
Work Experience No No
A Level Entrants No No
23
Consultancies
Company Buck Consultants Deloitte LLP
Sandwich Places No No
Work Experience No No
A Level Entrants No No
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Consultancies
Company EMB Consultancy LLP Financial Services Authority
Internships Yes No
Sandwich Places No No
Work Experience No No
A Level Entrants No No
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Consultancies
Company First Actuarial GAAPS Actuarial
Overseas No Yes
Internships Yes No
Sandwich Places No No
Work Experience No No
Overseas No Ocassionally
No. of Actuaries 4 30
Internships Yes No
A Level Entrants No No
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Consultancies
HSBC Actuaries and
Company Hymans Robertson LLP
Consultants Limited
Closing date None - apply as soon as possible See our website for details
No. of Actuaries 41 75
Sandwich Places No No
A Level Entrants No No
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Consultancies
Jardine Lloyd
Company KPMG
Thompson plc
A Level Entrants No No
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Consultancies
Company Lane Clark & Peacock LLP Mercer Limited
Contact Name Graduate Recruitment Coordinator The graduate team. Please visit
graduatecareers@lcp.uk.com www.mercer.com/ukgrads
Or visit our website: for further details or email
www.lcp.uk.com/graduatecareers graduates@mercer.com
No. of Actuaries Over 100 Qualified Actuaries, 280 Qualified Actuaries in the UK
70 Students
Work Experience No No
A Level Entrants No No
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Consultancies
Nigel Sloam & Co
Company Milliman Limited
Actuaries & Consultants
Vacancies c.4 4
Applications Type CV & covering letter by post CV & covering letter by post or email
Sandwich Places No No
Vacancies 6-8 14
Sandwich Places No No
Work Experience No No
A Level Entrants No No
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Consultancies
Company Watson Wyatt Ltd Xafinity Consulting Ltd
Internships Yes No
Work Experience
Indicates whether the organisation will consider offering work experience
to potential actuaries.
This may be available to local students only and may only be on offer
within the Head Office.
A-level Entrants
Indicates whether A-level entrants are considered for employment as
actuarial trainees.
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Directory of Actuarial
Employers
UK and Ireland 2009-2010
www.actuaries.org.uk