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Old 03-24-2012, 04:16 PM
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Does your company import actuaries from Europe? Asia?
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Old 03-25-2012, 12:52 PM
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not a single company imports actuaries from Asia? Europe?
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Old 03-25-2012, 12:53 PM
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Just import? No export?
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Old 03-25-2012, 12:56 PM
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Just import? No export?
Export? very risky for any insurance company to sell product in asia, middle east has no market at all or does it?
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Old 03-25-2012, 01:00 PM
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You mean body parts, or whole?
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Old 03-26-2012, 03:27 AM
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We had a shipment due in the other day, when we opened up the container, they were all dead.
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We had a shipment due in the other day, when we opened up the container, they were all dead.
Was it from Schrödinger?
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Old 03-26-2012, 12:56 PM
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Yes, my company has hired some actuaries trained outside of North America, if that's what you are asking.
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Old 03-26-2012, 12:59 PM
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I work as an actuarial importer/exporter. Margins are small. Costs too much shipping them in their little boxes. They always whine!


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My first insurance company had a lot of H1-B slave labor. All of the steryotypes are true.
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