From the GI Board, to GILL, GIRTL and the GIRO Conference, Zoe Bolton will be talking to the actuaries who dedicate their time, and contribute to the continuous development of the actuarial community, and getting an insight into their career paths and visions for the future. This month Zoe talks to Camilla Bennett, CRO at AXA Insurance UK Posted on Wednesday May 11
For the next few months Zoe Bolton will be talking to the senior actuaries in these firms, getting a brief insight into their career paths and visions for the future. This month Zoe interviews Shil Patel the UK Managing Director at Dynamo Analytics Posted on Tuesday Mar 2
The next focus for Bolton Associates’ Spotlight page, is an interview with a leading actuary within one of the top three Global Broking Houses. With the broking firms now offering important analytical, actuarial and deal-assisting advice, for the next few months Zoe Bolton will be talking to the senior actuaries in these firms, getting a brief insight into their career paths and visions for the future. This month Zoe talks to James Francis from Ed Broking Posted on Tuesday Nov 19
The next focus for Bolton Associates’ Spotlight page, is an interview with a leading actuary within one of the top three Global Broking Houses. With the broking firms now offering important analytical, actuarial and deal-assisting advice, for the next few months Zoe Bolton will be talking to the senior actuaries in these firms, getting a brief insight into their career paths and visions for the future. This month Zoe talks to Shauna McGrath from Willis Re Posted on Tuesday Nov 19
Zoe Bolton, founder of Bolton Associates will be speaking to the actuaries who have been appointed Partners at the actuarial and broader consulting firms; these senior actuaries are respected industry-wide, and are networked into the insurance market at the highest level. We hope to get a brief insight into their career paths and visions for the future. This month Zoe talks to Neil Bruce, Senior Director, Willis Towers Watson. Posted on Monday Jan 7
The Samsung galaxy Note 3 is one of the biggest phone launches of the year, both literally and figuratively speaking. The idea of a ‘phablet’ is one which Samsung introduced to the smartphone market. Posted on Monday Dec 2
The unveiling of iOS 7 this week has been the talk of the Apple world. It is a dramatic change which hasn’t been seen since the launch of iOS on the very first iPhone. Posted on Wednesday Sep 18
Although many of the features and specs had been leaked in the weeks up to the New York event, the launch was still the time when we got to see the new Samsung Galaxy S4 in action. Posted on Wednesday May 15
Spotify is a super slick music-streaming service with a huge catalogue of songs. It is available as a standard desktop program and with a premium account can be used across most smartphone platforms. Personally I have used the service since it launched in 2008 and have recently upgraded to a premium account. Posted on Tuesday Oct 2
One of the main objectives of the London 2012 Olympic Games has been to ‘Inspire a generation’. Well I for one have been well and truly inspired to take up some new sports, and being the technology fiend I am means I must have all of the best sporting gadgets before I even contemplate heading to the gym or onto the 5 a side pitch. Posted on Tuesday Sep 18
Technology is moving so quickly that every year we have a new product that it seems amazing how we ever lived without it. In this issue of the Actuarial Post we have seen articles looking at current issues that are affecting our planet, but here I am going to take a look at some of the innovative, forward thinking and outrageous gadgets and gizmos that the likes of Google are spending their billions on. Posted on Monday Jun 11
Sony has posted record losses of £4bn in its last fiscal year. It also reported that it would eradicate around 6 percent of its workforce worldwide, which represents a figure of around 10,000 jobs. New CEO Kazuo Hirai announced on the same day that the company’s strategic and financial targets for the next 3 years would be vastly different from expected. Posted on Tuesday May 1
The new iPad has taken Apple’s constant spotlight in the last few weeks, but I’m not going to be reviewing that this month. For a previous Actuarial Post iPad review look here http://bit.ly/wk9ImT and just add the sentence- ‘The screen is also a lot better than the previous iPad’. Posted on Tuesday Apr 10
Here Sam Richardson takes a look at the top gadgets and technology being released in 2012. From the iPad3 to the LG Smartscan Mouse it looks like a great year for technology. Posted on Monday Feb 6