Insurance and risk
Life is a risky business. Insurance companies and the actuarial profession make a living by protecting individuals and companies from the consequences of these risks. As an actuary you can apply your expertise to all kinds of areas, whether it's investment banking or looking after those at the lower end of the social scale.
Plus magazine career interviews
Plus magazine interview, actuarial researcher
Shane Whelan's career path has been defined both by what he enjoyed and by a desire to keep learning. Becoming an actuary seemed like the perfect solution.
Plus magazine interview, actuary
Actuary Kathy Byrne works in insurance, making financial sense of the future
Plus magazine careers library
A collection of interviews from people in various maths-related careers, showing the wide range of uses maths can get put to in the real world.
Career profiles from the Royal Statistical Society
The Royal Statistical Society's careers website
Below you can find links to profiles of people who have statistical jobs
Career profiles from the OR Society
Emma Shane, OR consultant BUPA
Operational Research Society careers page
Operational research - helping businesses and organisations to function efficiently - is a major career option for mathematicians. The career page of the OR society tells you how to start and where you can go.
