Past Webinars

Click here for September 2021 Webinar

Title: “How to Make the Most of Your School Year” 

Presenters: Sarah Han, President-Elect of the Actuarial Students’ National Association in Canada

Topic:

The beginning of the school year is always super exciting and brimming with opportunities. This presentation breaks down how to make the most of these opportunities, while offering strategies to success!

Click here for June 2020 Webinar

Title: “Well-Being and Motivation During Quarantine: Strategies for Self-Care and Managing Your Time” 

Presenters: Ali, MA and Agnes Hsin, MSc

Topic:

Two learning strategists from the University of Toronto discuss strategies on how to apply simple, evidence-based actions in a variety of ways to promote mental health and wellbeing, set achievable goals, and maintain your motivation while practicing physical distancing and managing stressors related to COVID-19.

Click here for May 2020 Webinar

Title:  “Actuarial Science in the Atlantic: Strategies for Success”

Presenters:

Matt Connolly, co-VP Atlantic 2020-21

Madison Burke, co-VP Atlantic 2020-21

Topics:

Learn advice for launching a successful career from a university with a young actuarial program or no program at all. Hear from two current university students studying in fairly young actuarial programs in Atlantic Canada about resources available for actuarial students and how to be successful in schools with these characteristics.

Click here for August 2019 Webinar

Title: How to Become Successful in the Actuarial Profession

Presenters:

Ashwin Gopwani, FSA, FCIA, CFA

Talia Pankewycz, FSA, FCIA, CERA

Topic:​

What are the key areas that define student success? What are the most important skills that I can develop in university to stand out from my peers? What are some of the proven techniques and strategies that can help succeed at actuarial exams, internships, and the career overall? This webinar introduced the secrets of actuarial success from our two presenters who are highly experienced and successful actuaries at Sun Life.

​Title: Hacking University 101 – ABC’s of Student Success

Presenter: Carlo Lahura, ACAS, Chairman, ASNA Board of Directors

Topic: What proven methods can I use for scoring a job offer? How can I overcome obstacle XYZ? Is there anything I can do to stand out from my peers? These are the types of topics our interactive webinar, presented by ASNA’s Chairman, Carlo Lahura, will discuss and promise to equip you with the best tools to ensure your success as an aspiring professional. Make sure to mark your calendars and come out for what promises to be an insightful and informative webinar for obtaining you that career edge you deserve!

​Title: ABC’s of Student Success

Presenter: Victor Wang, President 2017-2018

Topic: This webinar will cover topics surrounding the best avenues towards student success as an aspiring actuary.

​Title: Studying in Young Actuarial Science Programs

Presenter: Rebecca Whitmore, VP Finance 2017-2018 & Calvin Cheng, VP West 2017-2018

Topic: This webinar will discuss best practices of studying actuarial science in schools with young actuarial programs (such as schools in the West, and McGill).

​Title: Case Competitions: A Walkthrough

Presenter: Haider Imam, President-Elect 2017-2018

Topic: A run-through of an actual case competition; highly recommended as practice material to prepare for the ASNA Case Competition!

Title: ActSci 101 – ABC’s of Student Success

Presenter: Carlo Lahura, President 2016-2017

Moderator: Roxanne Vezina, CIA Coordinator

Topic: Key areas that define student success, common pitfalls to avoid during your university career, as well as consolidated strategies and tips from ASNA’s most successful alumni.

Title: Non-Traditional Actuarial Career Paths

Presenters:

Barry Maher, Senior Specialist, Disaster Risk Finance, FCMNB and GFDRR

Victor Wang, Actuarial & Analytics Lead, PULA Advisors

Topic:​

This webinar provides insights from current full-time actuaries on their experiences working in actuarial roles outside of re/insurance companies and actuarial consulting firms. It featured speakers Barry Maher and Victor Wang, where they discussed international work projects with the World Bank actuarial team and provided insurance to smallholder farmers across East Africa respectively.

Title: The 4 Secret Ingredients to Start your Analytics Career

Presenters:

Raymond Li, Intermediate Advanced Analytics Professional at Economical Insurance

Laurence Verheye, Team-lead – Model and Pricing Analytics at Economical Insurance

Topic:​

The growing demand for sophisticated predictive models in insurance companies means that analytics roles are increasingly available. This webinar offers advice for actuarial students on skills to develop and methods to maximize their chances of securing a role in analytics and data science.

Title:  Introduction to industry: Life, P&C, what does it all mean?

Presenters:Aditi Kuwar and Angel Yang

Topic:​

Life or P&C? You may have asked this question a thousand times to yourself, but what are the major differences between these two types of insurance? What should we expect in each career? This webinar helps you learn more about Life and P&C. We introduced exam requirements, major employers, company cultures, as well as job expectation in both directions.

​Title: Actuarial Science and Operations Research: Blending the Disciplines

Presenter: Jeffrey Baer, FCAS, Director of Advanced Analytics for Economical Insurance and Sonnet Insurance; Craig Sloss, PhD,Technical Specialist on the Advanced Analytics team at Economical Insurance

Topic: Actuarial science applies statistical concepts to quantify financial and insurance risk. Operations research develops optimal business processes within an organization. How are these two mathematical disciplines related? In this webinar, we will explore the connections between these fields within a P&C insurance context. Through a series of case studies, we will explain how integrating actuarial science and predictive analytics into operations research problems can improve top-line growth, risk management, and the customer experience.

Title: Actuarial Overview: An Area of Opportunity

Presenters:

Sabina Preda, P&C Actuarial Analyst at KPMG

Catherine Martin, Analyst at the Actuarial Practice of Oliver Wyman

Topic:​

If you are an actuarial student whose first language is not the language of Shakespeare, but the language of Molière, then this webinar is perfect for you! Math is a universal language, but do you know where you are going with your studies in actuarial mathematics? Catherine Martin and Sabina Preda, two former VPs of ANÉA-ASNA, know it and are waiting for you to talk about it! On the menu: P&C insurance versus life insurance, insurance companies versus consulting firms, working in Québec versus working elsewhere. Join them for the first ASNA Francophone webinar!