Event Archive
For information on previous events held by the Actuarial Program, please visit our Events Archive.
In addition to these events, we also hold a regular Actuarial Research Seminar.
Actuarial Program Events: 2019
Pinnacle
presentation on stochastic reserving
On Tuesday, April 16 2019, 4 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 401,
Gary Wang, FCAS, from Pinnnacle Actuarial Resources, will make
a presentation about stochastic reserving. Open to all
students.Presentation on
health insurance reserving at State
Farm
On Thursday, April 11 2019, 4 p.m. in Williams Hall room 1F,
Sarah Kline and Grant Wilken from State Farm will make a
presentation about health insurance reserving. Open to all
students.Volunteering for
Habitat for Humanity
On Saturday, March 30, 2019, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. a group of
students will volunteer at Midwest Food Bank. If you are
interested in helping out, please contact Mr. Zachary Lew, Actuarial Club's
Vice President for Volunteer Efforts.Presentation on
different roles of an actuary at Zurich
Insurance
On Tuesday, March 26 2019, 6 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 401,
Lisa Pankau, FCAS, from Zurich Insurance will make a
presentation on different roles of actuaries at her company.
Open to all students.Presentation by American Family Insurance
On Wednesday, March 20 2019, 6 p.m. in Williams Hall room 1F,
representatives from American Family Insurance will make a
presentation, topics to be announced later. Open to all
students.Pinnacle presentation
on Workers' Compensation
On Thursday, February 28, 2019, 4 p.m. in Williams Hall room
1F, Erich Brandt, FCAS, from Pinnacle Actuarial Resources,
will make a presentation on Workers' Compensation. Open to all
students.
Willis Towers Watson presentation on consulting and the transition to full-time work after college
On Monday, February 25, 2019, 6 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 101, Jessica Ackley and Jozie Herrington from Willis Towers Watson will make a presentation on consulting and transition to full time work after college. Open to all students.State Farm presentation on predictive modeling and the future of the actuarial career
On Monday, February 18, 2019, 6 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 401, Meghan Goldfarb and Anthony Salis from State Farm will make a presentation on predictive modeling and the future of the actuarial career. Open to all students.Volunteering for
Habitat for Humanity
On Saturday, February 16, 2019, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. a group of
students will volunteer at Habitat for Humanity to help build
their 25th house. If you are interested in helping out, please
contact Mr. Zachary Lew,
Actuarial Club's
Vice President for Volunteer Efforts.Presentation by
Mr. Michael Webb from Humana
On Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 6 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room
401, Mr. Michael Webb from Humana
will make a presentation entitled "Owning Your Destination
-- Personal and Professional Career Navigation and
Branding". Open to all students. Powerpoint file for the
presentation can be found here.
First Spring 2019 Actuarial Club General Meeting
On Monday, January 28, 2019, at 6 pm
in Stevenson Hall room 101, the Actuarial Club
will hold its first general meeting for the Spring 2019
semester. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided. All
students are welcome.
Actuarial Program Events: 2018
Actuarial Club Study Night
On Sunday, December 9, 2018, from 6
- 8 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 401, the Actuarial Club will
host its Finals Study Night.
Casualty Actuarial Society Webinar
On Friday, November 30, 2018, at 12
p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 310, The CAS will host a webinar
for Student Central members to provide guidance on resume
writing, interviewing and networking. As students approach
their next steps on the path towards becoming an actuary, it
is important to have a good understanding of what employers
are looking for and how to make a positive impression that
will help you stand out! Dress code is casual.
Internship Panel Presentation
On Thursday, November 8, 2018, at 6
p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 101, Mark Murdoch, Justin
Garber, Charlie Jenkins, and Kelsie Klingenberg will be
talking and answering questions about their internships
across different sectors of the insurance industry. All
students are welcome. Dress code is casual.
Asset-Liability Management at State Farm presentation
On Thursday, November 8, 2018, at 6
p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 325, Dr. Wei Hao, FSA, CFA, of State Farm, made a
presentation about asset-liability management at State Farm.
Open to all students.
Pinnacle Actuarial Resources presentation
On Tuesday, November 6, 2018, at 6 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 101, Erich Brandt, Tyler Shalitis, and Steve Jagodzinski, all alumni of our program, now working in actuarial positions at Pinnacle Actuarial Resources made a presentation about actuarial roles in insurance versus consulting and a day in the life at a consulting firm. Open to all students.Presentation by our alumnus, Mr. Michael Suess, actuary at COUNTRY Financial
On Friday, October 12, 2018, at 2 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 132, our alumnus, Mr. Michael Suess, FCAS, actuary at Country Financial, made a presentation for students, on his path from studying at Illinois State University to professional actuarial career. All students were welcome. Food and soft drinks were provided by the Department of Mathematics.
A primer on the tools to ensure actuaries' utility in the digitally-enabled insurance marketplace
On Monday, October 1, 2018, at 7 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 401A, The Actuarial Club offered an opportunity to all students to participate in the Society of Actuaries webcast for students at Centers of Actuarial Excellence: A primer on the tools actuaries are mastering to ensure their utility in the digitally-enabled insurance marketplace of the future, by Dorothy Andrews, ASA, MAAA, CSPA
2018 Meet the Firms
2018 Meet the Firms event was held Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 5:30 p.m. -- 8:00 p.m. in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center on campus of Illinois State University, in Normal, Illinois. Campus map can be found at: http://www.IllinoisState.edu/map/. This event was an opportunity for actuarial employers to present themselves to students and collect students' resumes for internships and jobs. Employers can always contact Ms. Susan Mitchell, tel. 309-438-7797, fax 309-438-5866, or Dr. Krzysztof Ostaszewski, with any questions. Registration for employers is available online at: http://smartURL.it/MTFregister. There is no fee for employers to participate in this event. More information about the event is at: http://smartURL.it/MeetTheFirms.
Humana presentation
On Monday, September 24, 2018, at 6 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 401, representatives of Humana made a presentation about their company to our actuarial students. Humana generously provided pizza and soft drinks for the students.
Erie Insurance presentation
On Monday, September 24, 2018, at 5 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 401, our alumnus Mr. Aaron Puntriano of Erie Insurance made a short presentation about the company to our actuarial students.
Meet the Firms event preparation by Actuarial Club
On Thursday, September 20, 2018, at 6 p.m., in Stevenson Hall room 401, our Actuarial Club held an event helping students prepare for the Meet the Firms employment event, with special emphasis on new students who need help preparing resumes and preparing for interviews. Our alumnus, Mr. Charles Johnson, ASA, who works at State Farm Insurance, also provided valuable advice to students.
Travelers Insurance
visit
Travelers Insurance representatives made a presentation on Wednesday September 19th at 5pm in Williams Hall 001F. They discussed opportunities at their company.
Reinsurance Group of America visit
On Thursday, September 13, 2018, at 6:00 p.m., in STV 401, representatives of RGA made a presentation about their company to our actuarial students. All students welcome. RGA graciously provided food for this event.
RLI Insurance visit
On Thursday, September 6, 2018, at 6 p.m., in STV 401, representatives of RLI Insurance made a presentation about their company to our actuarial students. All students welcome. RLI Insurance graciously provided food for this event.
Catastrophe Modeling presentation by Ms. Minchong Mao, FCAS, of State Farm Insurance
On Tuesday,
September 4, 2018, in Stevenson Hall room 401A, at 6 p.m.,
Ms. Minchong Mao, FCAS, ASA, MAAA, an actuary at State Farm, made a
presentation on catastrophe modeling at State Farm Insurance
Companies.
Actuarial Club Ice Cream Social: Informational meeting for new students
On Wednesday, August 29 at 6:00pm in Stevenson 401, the Actuarial Club held an ice cream social event and an informational event for new students. All students welcome.
First Fall 2018 Actuarial Club General Meeting
On Monday, August 27 at 6:00pm in Stevenson 101, the Actuarial Club held its first general meeting.
2018 Actuarial Banquet
On Friday, May 4, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. we held our 2018 Actuarial Banquet. This annual event was an occassion to celebrate the end of academic year, and reflect on it. Our guest speaker was Mr. Justin McGetrick, FSA, who is an alumnus of our program and an actuary at Aetna.
2018 Actuarial Research Event
On Friday, May 4, 2018, at 3:45 p.m. in the Caterpillar Auditorium in State Farm Hall of Business, Professor Maochao Xu, who is also a member of our Actuarial Committee, made a presentation on data science and statistical learning. This presentation was open to the public.
Caterpillar Internship and Career Presentation by Ms. Sarah Fabry
On Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at 3:00 p.m. in Stevenson Hall Room 310, Ms. Sarah Fabry made a presentation about her Caterpillar internship experience. Caterpillar has been hiring more workers to work on various form of data analysis in Peoria. This presentation gave more information about that line of work.
Catastrophe Risk Management Credentialization Program: Presentation by Ms. Minchong Mao, FCAS, ASA, of State Farm Insurance
On Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Stevenson Hall room 101 at 5:00 p.m., Ms. Minchong Mao, FCAS, ASA, an actuary at State Farm Insurance, made a presentation on a new professional credential catastrophe modeling.
Travelers Catastrophe Case Study
Travelers hosted a Case Study for the Actuarial Club on Monday, April 9th through Monday, April 23rd.
Reserving presentation by Ms. Megan Coleman and Ms. Courtney Mumm, actuaries from State Farm
On Thursday, March 29, 2018, at 4:00 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 401, Ms. Megan Coleman and Ms. Courtney Mumm, actuaries from State Farm, made a presentation about reservuing in practice.
Stochastic reserving presentation by Mr. Gary Wang, FCAS, Consulting Actuary at Pinnacle Actuarial Resources
On Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at 4:00 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 401, Mr. Gary Wang, FCAS, Consulting Actuary at Pinnacle Actuarial Resources made a presentation on stochastic reserving.
Workers Compensation presentation by Mr. Erich Brandt, FCAS, and Ms. Judy Cheng, actuaries at Pinnacle Actuarial Resources
On Thursday, March 22, 2018, at 4:00 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 401, Mr. Erich Brandt, FCAS, and Ms. Judy Cheng, of Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, made a presentation about Workers Compensation.
Visit by Humana
On Monday, March 5, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 401, representatives from Humana health insurance company made a presentation about the company and opportunities available with them. All students welcome. Pizza and soft drinks were made available. On the following day, Tuesday, March 6, 2018, Humana held all an day mock interviews to help actuarial students prepare for real job interviews.
Visit by SCOR
On Wednesday, February 28th at 6:00 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 101, representatives from SCOR Reinsurance Company made a presentation about the company and opportunities available with them.
CAS and Exam Change Info Night
On Monday, February 26th, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. in Stevenson Hall room 401, our Casualty Actuarial Society Student Central ambassador Kristen Marshall and her mentor David Holden made a presentation about CAS. They also went over exam changes for both CAS and SOA as well as how these changes affect us as students.
First Spring 2018 Actuarial Club General Meeting
On Monday, February 12th at 6:30pm in Stevenson 101, the Actuarial Club held its first general meeting for the Spring 2018 semester. Pizza and soft drinks were provided.