My name is Allen Lowe. I am an Actuary, sounds very boring. In fact, I am a very boring Actuary. I am originally from Hong Kong and now I am working as Chief Actuary in Thailand. Before working in Thailand, I worked in Japan for 1 year. Also, I was working in the Regional Office in Asia. These gave me the opportunities to travel around Asia and working with different local business unit. My work experiences include: [...] Read More
How to find an actuarial job in Japan?
Before you tried to find an actuarial job in Japan, a few points you need to think about: 1. Working in Japan is not as easy as you think. Long working hour is expecting in Asia and Japan is one of the worst. For most of you reading this post, I don’t expect any of you have overtime allowances. Therefore, for the same amount [...]
Read MoreMacquarie Graduate Looking for Actuarial Job in Asia
Hi Allen, I am an actuarial student in Macquarie University. I have passed part 1 exams of IAAust and currently attempting part 2 of IAAust. I expect to graduate at end of this year. I have found the entry level jobs are very limited in Asian countries especially Malaysia (I am from Malaysia). Therefore I would like to expand [...]
Read MoreHow did I get my first actuarial job?
It was back 18 years ago already. I was graduated in industrial engineering. As most of the young people in Asia, I didn’t really think of what I really like when taking the university. Instead, we tried to major those subject are hot. During my time, it was engineering. As you can see, my background is nothing related [...]
Read MoreActuarial Safari Outside India
Hi F and A,
I am not sure you want your name appear and let your employer know that you are looking for job or not. Therefore, I use the first letter of your names only. For both of you, I am not sure the reason that you are looking for actuarial opportunity outside India. I [...]
Want to relocate to a new country and find an actuarial position
Hi Ruchit,
Thanks for your comment and phone call. If you would like to get a job in a new country such as UK, certainly the first thing you need is a valid working visa to work in that country. Unless you are expertise in an area that very difficult to find in UK, normally an [...]
Read MoreActuarial Students in University
Dear All,
Didn’t update my blog for a while, due to busy at work and just have a minor operation previously. Now everything back to normal and will update my blog as often as possible. I really enjoy using my new IPAD2 and update my blog at coffee shop.
I have been in Bangkok almost 3 years [...]