UMACtuary Draft FISH DINNER - University of...

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UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA ACTUARIAL CLUB October 2013 Issue #1.5 UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA ACTUARIAL CLUB FISH DINNER EDITION 2013 IN THIS ISSUE Welcome to the 52 nd Annual Fish Dinner! Page 1 Meet the new UMAC Executives! Page 2 Excel Recap / UMAC Merchandise Page 2 Event Photos Page 3 Special Thanks Page 4 NEWSLETTER EDITOR Hadi Saleh Communications Chair [email protected] Welcome to the 52 nd Annual Fish Dinner! Fellow peers and respected industry members, the University of Manitoba Actuarial Club would like to welcome you to the 52 nd Annual Fish Dinner! It is with great pleasure that we welcome our special guest keynote speakers Dr. Lysa Porth, Guy Carpenter Professor in Agriculture Risk Management & Insurance, and Laura Bennett, CEO and CoFounder of Embrace Pet Insurance. The Fish Dinner is UMAC’s premiere recruitment event of the year, as well as a celebration of community and friendship. Together, students and industry members are given a chance to meet new people and forge new relationships, learn about current developments in the field, and celebrate scholarship winners (all while enjoying some excellent food!). If you would like to learn more about UMAC this year you may log on to our website at http://www.umanitoba.ca/actuary_club/ where you will find plenty of information on upcoming events and other offered services. On behalf of the UMAC executive team, we hope you enjoy tonight’s event, and we encourage you to give us any feedback you may have, as we would love to hear from you. Have a great evening!

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UNIVERSITY  OF  MANITOBA  ACTUARIAL  CLUB   October  2013  -­‐  Issue  #1.5      

 

     

UNIVERSITY  OF  MANITOBA  ACTUARIAL  CLUB    -­‐  FISH  DINNER  EDITION  2013     IN  THIS  ISSUE  

 

n  Welcome  to  the  52nd  Annual  Fish  Dinner!  

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n  Meet  the  new  UMAC  Executives!  

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n  Excel  Recap  /  UMAC  Merchandise  

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n  Event  Photos  

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n  Special  Thanks  

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   NEWSLETTER  EDITOR  Hadi  Saleh  Communications  Chair  [email protected]  

Welcome  to  the  52nd  Annual                    Fish  Dinner!    

Fellow  peers  and  respected  industry  members,  the  University  of  Manitoba  Actuarial  Club  would  like  to  welcome  you  to  the  52nd  Annual  Fish  Dinner!  It  is  with  great  pleasure  that  we  welcome  our  special  guest  keynote  speakers  Dr.  Lysa  Porth,  Guy  Carpenter  Professor  in  Agriculture  Risk  Management  &  Insurance,  and  Laura  Bennett,  CEO  and  Co-­‐Founder  of  Embrace  Pet  Insurance.    

The  Fish  Dinner  is  UMAC’s  premiere  recruitment  event  of  the  year,  as  well  as  a  celebration  of  community  and  friendship.  Together,  students  and  industry  members  are  given  a  chance  to  meet  new  people  and  forge  new  relationships,  learn  about  current  developments  in  the  field,  and  celebrate  scholarship  winners  (all  while  enjoying  some  excellent  food!).    

If  you  would  like  to  learn  more  about  UMAC  this  year  you  may  log  on  to  our  website  at  http://www.umanitoba.ca/actuary_club/  where  you  will  find  plenty  of  information  on  upcoming  events  and  other  offered  services.    

On  behalf  of  the  UMAC  executive  team,  we  hope  you  enjoy  tonight’s  event,  and  we  encourage  you  to  give  us  any  feedback  you  may  have,  as  we  would  love  to  hear  from  you.  Have  a  great  evening!  

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UMAC EXECUTIVE 2013-2014

Maja  Bakija  Co-­‐President  

Bryn  Peppler  Co-­‐President  

Michael  Etkin  Promotions  Coordinator  

Michael  Vo  Secretary  

Sydney  Rubert  ASNA  Representative  

Kirk  Vandersteen  Treasurer  

Matthew  Segal  Third  Year    

Representative  

Hadi  Saleh  Communications  Chair  

EXCEL  WORKSHOP   UMAC  MERCHANDISE  

Check  out  the  new  UMAC  merchandise  at  the  Check-­‐In  table!    

On   October   8,   UMAC  hosted  it’s  first  ever  Excel  Workshop!  

Students  were  introduced  to   basic   Excel   and   VBA                .  functions  that  are  used  extensively  within  an  

actuarial  role.  They  learned  how  these  tools  help  actuaries   tackle   tough   challenges,   and  how   they   apply   to   real   world   situations.   A  special  thank  you  to  Ray  Huynh  for  coaching  our  students!  

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RECAP OF EVENTS

UMAC  practicing  interview  skills  at  the  Speed  Interviews!  

Some  fun  in  the  sun  at  the  UMAC  BBQ  and  Beach  Day!  

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A Special Thank You On  behalf  of  the  University  of  Manitoba  Actuarial  Club  Executive  team,  we  would  like  to  thank  all  the  industry  members  who  were  able  to  attend  our  52nd  Annual  Fish  Dinner:        

Aon  Ryan  Welsh  Kyle  Meilleur  Raymond  Li  Tim  McGorman    Career  Development  Centre  Kathy  Kirkpatrick  Kelly  Mahoney    Cigna  Carys  Waitt  Maambo  Mujala    Eckler  Shannon  Tesluck  Allison  Trenholm  K.  Dawn  Power  Jonathan  Itzkow    Great  West  Life  Jenna  Lessak  Stephen  Nighswander-­‐Rempel  Gord  Challes  Chris  Jansen  Sheldon  Liu  Hasmi  Khan  Vishal  Guliani  Ko  Yang  Aaron  Yanofsky  Raymond  Huynh  Twyla  Nay  Ling  Huang    

Keynote  Speakers  Laura  Bennett  Lysa  Porth    Manulife  Financial  Brad  Wallis  Bronagh  Nazarko  Jason  Lim  Rafe  Hunt    Mercer  Edith  Samuels  Daniel  Neves  Kerem  Leylek  Jared  Mickall    Munich  Re  Colin  Sproat  Kris  Boundy    Sun  Life  Financial  Mark  Andrews  Rory  Mulhern  Alon  Halbrich  Mark  Arruda    Towers  Watson  Jay  Lee  Trish  Miller      

University  of  Manitoba  Michael  Benarroch    (Dean  of  Asper)  Dr.  Mark  Whitmore  (Dean  of  Science)    Warren  Centre  Xuemiao    Hao  Rui  Zhou  Xikui  Wang  Laird  Rankin  Pervin  Baylan  Irven  Sunny  Oh  Neil  Hamilton  James  R.  McCarney  Bob  Talbot  Yan  Wu  Steve  Scoles    Wawanesa    Katherine  Fay  Hannah  Evangelista  Tannis  Wiebe  Justin  Pursaga  Kristin  Tooth  Mark  Struck  Melanie  Klippenstein  Keith  Richtik  Maja  Dos  Santos  Scott  McGorman    Wawanesa  Life  Insurance  Company  Cristi  Danielson  Kimberly  Palatnick