Hi, I'm a Canadian Acturial student, and my fiance currently lives in Liverpool. I was trying to find out the about the actuarial job market in Liverpool, Manchester, or any where close to these regions. Can anyone direct me to any actuarial companies/job recruiting agencies in that area. Also, besides London, where is there is a demand for actuaries in the UK? Can anyone direct me to any good job recruiting actuarial agencies, or companies/websites. Thanks
Life Companies I don't know whether you're a life/pension/GI student, but there are certainly a number of Life offices in Manchester and Liverpool including: Royal & Sun Alliance Royal London Royal Liver Resolution Windsor Life To be honest, if you speak to any of the recruitment consultants operating in the UK (have a look at the banners down the right-hand side of http://www.the-actuary.org.uk/cgi-bin/index.pl?mode=appointments if you don't know any), they'll be able to identify which companies in these areas are recruiting. Good luck!
Thanks a lot! I'm in Life now, so that's great news. Do you know if companies in the UK will allow you to continue with exams under the SOA(North American Actuarial system) rather than converting to the UK system, since it's very unfavourable for me. Thanks again
They probably would let you continue with SOA exams - the only downside is, I suspect, that the only exam centre available for SOA exams would be in London. Other companies to add to the list: CIS - Manchester Watson Wyatt - Manchester ( I think they do Life consultancy there) Aegon - Lytham St. Annes. Countrywide Assured - Preston Chesnara plc - Preston Phoenix Life Assurance - Liverpool (I think)
