Life after actuary?

[DW Simpson]

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturd...04/book2.shtml

Ex-Decatur man hopes play will inspire reading
By Ronnie Thomas

A former Decatur resident has written a play he thinks will encourage children and adults to read.

Ralph E. Olson, 79, wrote “The Master Poet” based on his experiences tutoring adults. The 81-page play is three acts, which tell the story of a wandering poet who has a chance meeting with a girl who talks him into teaching her to read.

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An actuary for insurance companies, he relocated to Decatur in January 1978. He moved to Huntsville in 2003, where he lives in Carlton Cove, a continuing care retirement community.

“The Master Poet,” published by Infinity Publishing, is available at www.buybooksontheweb.com

[DW Simpson]

http://www.hedgeweek.com/articles/de...ntent_id=53432

Moody's appoints Odi Lahav as head of European hedge fund ratings
Mon, 19 Mar 2007

Moody's has appointed Odi Lahav as assistant vice-president and European team leader for its alternative investments group. Based in London, Lahav will be responsible for managing the hedge fund ratings business in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and will report to Gary Witt, managing director of Moody's alternative investment group.

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A graduate of Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand with a degree in actuarial science and mathematical statistics, Lahav he spent several years working in pension and investment consulting, first at Alexander Forbes in Johannesburg and later at Mercer Human Resources and Investment Consulting in Toronto.

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http://www.theage.com.au/news/busine...e#contentSwap1

The Geelong-born [Andrew] Sisson, 54, runs a tiny boutique funds management firm called Balanced Equity Management, which he set up in 1988. At the start, there was so little money coming through the door that he couldn't pay himself a cent. Now, his firm would be one of the most profitable in the country and it's run on a shoestring with just 11 employees.

Along with team members Andrew McGann and Steven Fahey, he looks after $12.3 billion of Other People's Money.

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Ask people in the money game what they think of Andrew Sisson, who trained as an actuary before working as a fund manager for the old National Mutual Life group, and they always talk about his brain.

"He's outstanding. He's just intellectually brilliant," says one fund manager. "He's as straight as an arrow. He has a very low profile, but in a situation like this, he and his Balanced Equity company are in the public eye because he's a hold-out on the Qantas takeover.

"People are saying, 'Balanced who? Well, hey, that's Sisson, McGann and Fahey."

Over the years, Mr Sisson has made a lot of money out of options, futures, convertible notes and other not so ordinary investments.

To one professional money manager, that's another sign of Mr Sisson's intellect.

"Mathematically, he would eat that stuff for breakfast," he says.

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http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dl...703150358/1111

Kevin Hunt of Charlton is the general manager of VIA, the new “Italian comfort food” restaurant scheduled to open next month at 89 Shrewsbury St., Worcester.

VIA is owned by Robb and Madeleine Ahlquist, owners of The Sole Proprietor and One Eleven Chop House, both in Worcester.

Hunt began working at The Sole in 1990 when he was a freshman at WPI. He worked at George Beram & Company in Newton as an actuarial analyst after graduation. He returned to the restaurant business two years later to help set up One Eleven’s communications systems. He later worked as kitchen supervisor and dining room manager at The Sole.

For the past 10 years, Hunt has been a volunteer fundraiser for Alternatives Unlimited Inc. in Whitinsville, which serves adults with developmental or psychiatric disabilities.

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angelajefferson.blogspot.com

Aspiring writer of Contemporary Romance

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former actuarial consultant

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http://pinoymomsnetwork.com/2007/04/06/277/

I’ve worked as an actuarial specialist for an insurance company right after college. After three long years, I realized that I’m not cut out for the corporate world. I missed seeing trees, flowers and smelling fresh air. So I traded the busy streets of Ayala Avenue for the lush greens of Antipolo to go into teaching and feel a deeper sense of fulfillment. I’ve been teaching for two years now and loving it, not every minute of it but most of it.

[DW Simpson]

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pb...704120346/1047

Joan Hentschel of West Des Moines plans to open Hentschel Art Gallery in early May.

After working as an actuary for 20 years, Hentschel decided to test her entrepreneurial skills and launch her own business.

"My family was encouraging me to do something new," she said.

Hentschel has been busy recruiting a stable of contemporary artists and has already established client relationships with local, national and international artists.

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http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/4/emw520332.htm

About Marcela Andrea Zuchovicki

Marcela's passion for specialty coffee as well as her background in international relations and cultural affairs created the desire to one day own a specialty coffee business that would bring the most delicious and exotic high quality products from Mexico to the U.S. Fluent in five languages and a degree in Actuarial science, Marcela has lived in many different countries, experiencing and appreciating some of the finest coffees throughout the world. Her love of cuisine from all cultures, the enjoyment of entertaining and sharing new flavors and recipes with others is central to the creation of Jalima Coffee.

Professionally, Marcela worked for many years in the not-for-profit industry assisting international arts organizations, UNICEF and cultural exchange programs with fund raising and development. Her desire and interest in building international partnerships and raising funds for causes that she believed deeply in has come full circle, as she now focuses on issues so crucial in the gourmet coffee industry ~ sustainability, preservation of the environment and the improvement of the quality of life for the farmers that produce coffee in some of the poorest regions of the world.

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http://cms.nationalunderwriter.com/c...ife%20divinity

Top Insurance Executive Will Leave To Study Religion
NU Online News Service, April 16, 2007, 5:49 p.m. EDT

Frederick Sievert, president of New York Life Insurance Company, plans to retire from the company in June.

Sievert, 59, says he will fullfil a long-held dream this fall, by entering the master’s degree program at Yale Divinity School.

Sievert began working for New York Life as a senior vice president in 1992. He became a vice chairman in 1997, and he became president in 2002. He has been active in leading New York Life operations outside the United States as well as domestically.

Sievert took over the title of president from Sy Sternberg, who assumed the title of president in 1995 and the title of chairman in 1997. Sternberg continues to be the chairman of New York Life.

Sievert has a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and a master’s degree from Wayne State University. He was a secondary school teacher for 7 years before entering the insurance business.

Frederick J. Sievert, FSA 1982, is a great guy. I enjoyed working for him, years ago. He'll be missed.