KS4/KS5 Actuary Lecture

Another Mathematics talk took place on 30th March. This time we invited Dan Bishop from RBS Insurance to talk about the ActuarialProfession. One of our students, James Cowley, wrote his impressions of the lecture:“When the Maths department says “Actuary Lecture” to a group of Year 11s and 6th Formers, one might expect a rather dreary hour tofollow – but after we all squeezed into a few dozen chairs beautifully arranged in the lecture hall (more commonly known as H1), thatprejudice had completely evaporated. An actual actuary (tongue-twister intended) took us comprehensively through the ‘ins and outs’ ofjust what one’s insurance premium goes to pay for, as well as explaining how as much as £18 million was paid out for a single accident.The talk managed to shed a fair amount of light on a somewhat mysterious profession and aroused more than a little interest, particularlywhen the wages an Actuary can earn were mentioned! Overall the lecture was an intriguing and informative hour of real-life Mathsapplied to real problems, which gave weight to the importance of our own studies”.

By James Cowley 11VB