Exploring An Actuary Career

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Basically, an actuary predicts the outcome of an action performed by a company, however, they do not know the outcome for sure. All of an actuary job is educated guesswork. The only reason that a popular food or drink is still marketable is because an actuary determined that it deserved to stay on shelves. An actuary requires a bachelors degree with a strong math background, long term on-the-job training, and many skills that are math oriented along with problem solving. A job such as that of an actuary may seem complicated to follow. Namely, because it is. The education requirement of an actuator is a bachelors degree. What is not required, however, it helps in many ways, is a math background. Nevertheless, there is some training to help

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