Nebraska's Actuarial Science Club Podcast Matt Ringler

In this episode, Matt hosts Mary Hegemann, who is an alumnus from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. She is currently a Principal and Consulting Actuary at Wakely. Mary and I talk about her background and how the pandemic could potentially shape the future of emerging risks. Enjoy!

Welcome back! Turns out wrapping up my senior year with 19 credit hours and moving to an entirely new state takes a lot of time away from podcasting. Nevertheless, we are back and kicking things off strong with hosting Jon Forster. Jon is the COO of Medical Risk Managers and in this episode, we take a deep dive into his background and also talk about his new podcast "Jon Forster Talks To Dynamic Leaders". Check it out on Spotify using this link: https://open.spotify.com/show/67Hbjv6ZD9XFJqKEQd4v0k. Enjoy!!!

This week I had the great pleasure of interviewing David Ruiz who is currently a Vice President and Chief Financial Actuary for the Life Division of Pacific Life.

 

In this episode, David and I discuss his work abroad experience, his involvement within the SOA, and the financial/valuation side of the actuarial profession.

This week Ms. Charlie Brockhaus takes over and interviews Maddie Balfany! Maddie, a recruiter at the Life Insurance company, Ameritas, is a recent graduate of Nebraska's College of Business.



In this episode, Charlie and Maddie discuss Maddie's story, her college involvement, how Maddie stumbled on recruiting, and some tips and tricks for those currently going through the process. Enjoy!

This week I had the great pleasure of hosting Hannah Wickard, an Actuary at Mutual of Omaha, who has been modeling COVID-19.

In this episode, we discuss the insurance industry's initial COVID-19 expectations, modeling during a pandemic, and COVID's lasting impact and legacy on the life insurance industry.

This week we decided to switch things up a bit! In this very special episode, I had the great pleasure of hosting the current president of the CAS (Steve Armstong) and president-elect of the CAS (Jessica Leong)!



In this episode, we discuss some of the implications COVID-19 can leave on the insurance industry, how Tesla could provide some helpful disruption for Actuaries and the everchanging future of the Casualty Actuarial Society. Enjoy!