The following is a list of actuarial employers that have hired or interviewed a longhorn. Links are also provided for interested students. Please visit Laura Mondino, Actuarial Science Career Advisor, in Painter 5.03 at the College of Natural Sciences Career Services office or send her an email at mondino@mail.utexas.edu to set up an appointment. She can offer you valuable advice on job searching, resume editing and interviewing. Visit the Natural Sciences Career Services website for job openings, as well as help with your cover letters and resumes.
The list is broken down into areas of actuarial practice: Consulting, Life & Health Insurance, Property & Casualty Insurance, and Reinsurance.
Students should familiarize themselves with the difference between all four by reading the following articles:
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Consulting vs. Insurance
- Actuaries compare and contrast consulting and insurance
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Life & Health vs. Property & Casualty
- An Actuarial Outpost discussion
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Reinsurance
- Reinsurance is basically insurance for insurance companies (primary insurers). (Reinsurance vs. Primary Insurance)
What to keep in mind:
- The majority of the jobs in Texas are in consulting (more Life & Health than Property & Casualty)
- 2/3 of all actuarial jobs are located in IL, CT and NY
- Companies that are hiring in Texas are marked with a (TX) next to their names
- L&H denotes that the company has a Life & Health practice
- P&C denotes that the company has a Property & Casualty practice
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Note that Life & Health includes Pension & Retirement
Consulting | |
Buck Consultants (TX) | L&H |
Chicago Consulting Actuaries (TX) | L&H |
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (TX) | L&H, P&C |
EMB America (TX) | P&C |
Ernst & Young (TX) | L&H, P&C |
Aon Hewitt (TX) | L&H |
KPMG | L&H, P&C |
Lewis & Ellis | L&H, P&C |
Mercer (TX) | L&H |
Milliman (TX) | L&H, P&C |
Nova Pension Evaluations (TX) | L&H |
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (TX) | L&H, P&C |
Rudd & Wisdom (Austin, TX) | L&H, P&C |
Towers Watson (TX) | L&H, P&C |
Reinsurance | |
ACE limited (Bermuda) | L&H, P&C |
AEGON (TX) | L&H, P&C |
AIG: Valic | L&H |
Optimum Re (TX) | L&H |
Scottish Re (NY only) | L&H, P&C |
Swiss Re (TX) | L&H, P&C |
XL America | P&C |
Zurich Re (Converium Re) | L&H, P&C |
Others | |
D. W. Simpson & Company | L&H, P&C |
Texas Department of Insurance | L&H, P&C |