Posted November 17, 2003
1:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Angie Traumonte, Blue Cross Blue Shield
This is the first meeting of the Actuarial Student Association. There will be pizza and refreshments served at the meeting.
Posted January 21, 2005
4:00 pm Keisler LoungeSpring Organizational Meeting of the ASA
Posted August 24, 2005
5:00 pm James E. Keisler Lounge, Lockett 321First ASA Meeting
Organizational Meeting
Posted October 13, 2005
5:00 pm James E. Keisler Lounge, Lockett 321Actuarial Student Association Meeting
Posted April 13, 2006
Last modified April 24, 2006
Hank Frantz, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
Actuarial Mathematics: On the Job Examples
The speaker is an Associate Actuary BCBS of Louisiana. He will discuss mathematics from three examples in his work.
Posted January 28, 2007
4:00 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial Exams
Organizational meeting for preparation for spring exams. Math 4050 no longer will cover the entire FM exam. Supplementary lectures will be offered by Matthew Arnold. Refreshments will be served.
Posted April 9, 2007
4:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Material on Interest Theory Exam
Matthew Arnold will conduct the session.
Posted October 10, 2008
5:00 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial Student Association Meeting
1. A visitor from Career Services will give a presentation and answer questions on internships and jobs.
2. Discussion of study groups for upcoming exams
Posted August 28, 2009
5:00 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial Student Association Meeting
Electing our officers for the upcoming year. As always, we welcome new members who wish to learn about the actuarial program at LSU and/or the profession in general. We will also be organizing study groups for the actuarial exams.
Posted September 8, 2009
5:00 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial Student Association Meeting
Electing our officers for the upcoming year. As always, we welcome new members who wish to learn about the actuarial program at LSU and/or the profession in general. We will also be organizing study groups for the actuarial exams.
Posted October 9, 2009
5:00 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial Student Association Meeting
We will have 1. A visitor from Career Services will give a presentation and answer questions on internships and jobs. 2. A discussion of exams and study groups 3. the selection of officers
Posted August 22, 2010
4:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Meeting of the Actuarial Student Association
Discussion of the profession, exams, and speakers. Selection of officers.
Posted February 1, 2011
Last modified February 6, 2011
Meeting of the Actuarial Student Association
Pizza and discussion.
Posted March 15, 2011
Last modified March 21, 2011
Shelly Johnson visits with ASA members
Shelly Johnson is a consultant for the two state retirement systems: Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (LASERS). There will be a presentation, discussion, and pizza.
Posted September 27, 2011
4:30 pm Keisler Lounge (Room 321 Lockett)Actuarial Club Meeting
Posted November 16, 2011
6:00 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Guest: Paul Richmond from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor's Office
ASA president, Chen Liu, writes, \"Paul Richmond who works as a manager of Actuarial services at Louisiana legislator\'s auditor\'s office, will give us insights about the actuary advisory in Louisiana, He provides various actuarial consulting to legislature and public retirement system in Louisiana. There will be chat and question time followed.
It promises to be a good meeting and there will be refreshment served.\"
Posted November 7, 2011
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Lockett 321, Keisler LoungeActuarial Student Club
Posted August 20, 2012
Last modified August 31, 2012
meeting of student actuarial club
1. Welcome to new students and an introduction to being an actuary.
2. Options for actuarial students to get capstone credit.
3. Planning for exams.
4. Discussing possible visitors.
Posted October 9, 2012
4:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)meeting of student actuarial club
1.Chen Liu will give a presentation on her work from her summer internship. She will discuss cash balance plan in the state-wide retirement system.
2. We will also discuss seeking an internship for this summer and getting capstone credit.
3. Planning for exams.
Posted November 8, 2012
Last modified February 20, 2022
meeting of student actuarial club
1. Kayla Lato and Blake Winchell from LSU career services will give a presentation. 2. Mel Lazo, ASA member and Ourso college graduate student will discuss the how to set up a LinkedIn profile and the benefits of doing so.
Posted January 29, 2013
5:00 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Meeting of student actuarial club
Posted February 24, 2013
4:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Meeting of student actuarial club
The meeting will include a short talk about life tables and Exam MLC/3L by Professor Larry Smolinsky.
Posted April 15, 2013
4:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge - 321 LockettActuarial Student Association Meeting
We have a guest speaker, David Ellsworth from Startmount Insurance Co.
Posted September 3, 2013
3:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)meeting of student actuarial club
Semester activities will be discussed including forming study groups and finding internships. Advice for students in the Actuarial Concentration. Selection of a new vice president. Pizza will be served.
Posted September 18, 2013
3:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)meeting of student actuarial club
Presentations by Adam Burmaster and Nick Crifasi.
Posted September 30, 2013
Last modified October 2, 2013
Discussion of job search
We will discuss job searches and have a guest: Kayla Kucharchuk from career services.
Posted November 5, 2013
3:30 pm Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)student actuarial club meeting
Nathan White will give a presentation about his summer and ongoing internship.
Posted October 21, 2013
6:00 pm Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)student actuarial club sponsored visitor
Sam Broussard, Pan-American Life Insurance Co, will be the guest speaker. Pizza will be served.
Posted February 6, 2014
5:00 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Meeting of student actuarial club
Posted February 17, 2014
5:00 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Meeting of student actuarial club
presentations by Nick Crifasi and Nick Klinka.
Posted March 5, 2014
Last modified March 6, 2014
Meeting of student actuarial club
Presentations by Nick Crifasi and Nick Klinka. Note the date was changed because of a conflicting statistics exam.
Posted March 21, 2014
5:00 pm Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)Meeting of the Actuarial Student Association
Yihua Sun will report on her internship in actuarial valuation in Taiwan Life.
Nick Crifasi will continue with his lessons in Excel.
Pizza will be served.
Posted March 21, 2014
Last modified April 22, 2014
Actuarial Student Association sponsored visitor
Our guest, Shelley Johnson (Foster & Foster Inc), is the consulting actuary to both the Louisiana State Employees\' Retirement System (LASERS) and the Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL).
Posted August 22, 2014
5:00 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial club meeting
Introducing the new president: Winnie Sloan
Answering questions about the actuarial profession and actuarial concentration
Guest: Recent graduate Nick Crifasi
Discussion of semester activities
Pizza will be served.
Posted September 13, 2014
5:00 pm Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)Actuarial club guest
The actuarial club will host:
Brian Small
Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
Posted September 15, 2014
5:00 pm Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)Actuarial club meeting
Guest: Dr. Joni Shreve, LSU MS in Analytics program + discussion of internships with past summer interns.
Posted September 13, 2014
5:00 pm Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)Actuarial club guest
The actuarial club will host:
Greg Curran
Consulting Actuary
G. S. Curran & Company, Ltd.
Posted January 23, 2015
3:00 pm Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)Actuary Club meeting
Jesse Lu will be presenting on his internship experience. Discussion of semester activities.
Posted January 30, 2015
5:30 pm Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)Actuarial club meeting
Kyla Kucharchuk from LSU career services will be the speaker. This meeting will benefit all students in the actuarial science concentration regardless of whether they are pursuing actuarial science as a profession.
Posted February 20, 2015
5:30 pm Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)Meeting of the student actuarial club
Rodney Friedy from the Louisiana Department of Insurance (where he is the director of life actuarial services) will be visiting.
Posted March 18, 2015
5:30 pm the Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)Actuarial Club Meeting
Paul Richmond from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor Office will be the speaker.
Posted August 25, 2015
Last modified August 26, 2015
Actuarial club meeting
Introducing the new officers
President: Andrew Crespo
Vice President: Nicholas Xenaki
Discussion about preparing for a career as an actuary and planning the fall semester's activities
Pizza will be served.
Posted September 18, 2015
5:00 pm Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)Actuarial Club meeting
David Ellsworth and Gino Pagano from Starmount Life Insurance Company will be visiting. They will host a Q&A on exams and the profession. They will also discuss a possible Summer Internship for 2016.
Posted October 27, 2015
5:00 pm Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)Actuarial Club meeting
Frederick Sakon (Tulane University) will be demonstrating the use of ADAPT, an interactive exam preparation tool. Muffulettas and District Donuts served.
Posted November 10, 2015
5:00 pm Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)Meeting of Actuarial Club
There will be presentations by Andrew Crespo and Radha Kumar on their internships. Pizza will be served.
Posted January 22, 2016
Last modified January 27, 2016
Actuarial Club meeting
Winnie Sloan, Travelers Insurance and former ASA president, will speak and answer questions through Skype.
Posted February 21, 2016
5:30 pm Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)Actuarial Club meeting
Discussion of the concentration requirements and options.
Posted March 31, 2016
5:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial club meeting
Dr. Shreve from the department of analytics will coming to speak about the graduate program and the field of analytics. The Society of Actuaries will be expanding their requirements to include analytics in the next few years.
Pizza will be served.
Posted April 17, 2016
5:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial club meeting
Christopher Mai will be giving a presentation on Mixed Probability Distributions. This topic is on the actuarial Exam P/Exam1 syllabus, but it is not covered in Math 3355, probability.
Posted August 30, 2016
5:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial club meeting
Discussion about preparing for a career as an actuary and planning the fall semester\'s activities. Pizza will be served.
Posted September 28, 2016
5:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)Actuarial club meeting
Rod Friedy from the Louisiana Dept of Insurance will be our guest.
Posted November 8, 2016
Last modified November 9, 2016
Actuarial club meeting
Winnie Sloan from Travelers Insurance and an LSU alumna will visit via skype.
Posted January 24, 2017
5:00 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Meeting of student actuarial club
We have a guest speaker, David Ellsworth and/or Gino Pagano from Startmount Insurance Co. Pizza will be served.
Posted August 23, 2017
5:00 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial club meeting
Discussion about preparing for a career as an actuary and planning the fall semester\'s activities. Changes in the Society of Actuaries qualification process. Pizza will be served.
Posted September 14, 2017
6:00 pm Keisler Lounge (321 Lockett)Actuarial club meeting
Matthew Arnold from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana will be our guest. Also Katelyn Kormos will be talking about her internship. Pizza will be served.
Posted October 21, 2017
5:00 pm Lockett Math Lounge
Winnie Sloan
LSU alumna
Senior Actuarial Assistant for Travelers in St. Paul, MN
ASA Club Meeting
Skype call with Winnie Sloan. This meeting will be geared towards informing students about internships, resumes, industry practices with an emphasis on the casualty pathway for actuaries. This meeting is open to anyone interested in actuarial science.
Posted November 5, 2017
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Keiser Math Lounge Room 321ASA Club Meeting
Internship presentations by Alaina Chifici and Andrew Roberts
Posted February 19, 2018
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Keiser Math Lounge Room 321
Lawrence Steinert, Casualty Actuary, Department of Insurance
ASA Club Meeting
Guest Speaker Larry Steinert presenting on his experience as a casualty actuary for the Louisiana Department of Insurance
Posted February 19, 2018
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Keiser Math Lounge Room 321
Jared Braud, Starmount Life
ASA Club Meeting
Senior Actuarial student, Tia Jones will be presenting about her internship experience last summer. Jared Braud ASA, will be presenting his experience in specialty insurance on the health and life side.
Posted March 23, 2018
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Keiser Math Lounge Room 321
Winnie Sloan
LSU alumna
Senior Actuarial Assistant for Travelers in St. Paul, MN
ASA Club Meeting
Skype call with Winnie Sloan about mock interviews, college timeline for success in the actuarial problem, and presentation of a mock actuarial problem.
Posted March 23, 2018
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Keiser Math Lounge Room 321
Rod Friedy, Director of Life Actuarial Services, Louisiana Department of Insurance
ASA Club Meeting
Rod Friedy, FSA, MAAA will be presenting on the life actuarial profession.
Posted April 10, 2018
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm 321 Lockett Keiser Math Lounge
Winnie Sloan
LSU alumna
Senior Actuarial Assistant for Travelers in St. Paul, MN
ASA Club Meeting
Skype call with Winnie Sloan, ACAS from Travelers about the actuarial case competition
Posted April 16, 2018
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Keiser Math Lounge Room 321
Winnie Sloan
LSU alumna
Senior Actuarial Assistant for Travelers in St. Paul, MN
ASA Club Meeting
Skype call with Winnie Sloan, ACAS from Travelers on the results of the actuarial case competition
Posted August 29, 2018
Last modified March 3, 2021
Actuarial club meeting
Introducing the new officers-
President: Sarah Davidson
Vice-President: Matt Blanchard
Welcoming new members, discussion about preparing for a career as an actuary, and planning the fall semester's agenda.
Winnie Sloan, former ASA President and current Associate Actuary at Travelers Insurance, will attend via Skype.
Pizza will be served.
Posted September 11, 2018
Last modified September 13, 2018
Ken Alleman, Pacific Life
LSU Alumnus Actuarial Assistant for Pacific Life in Orange County, CA
ASA Club Meeting
Hearing from Mr. and Mrs. Alleman, who are both practicing actuaries at Pacific Life. They will be discussing their internship program, different areas of the actuarial field, new-hire trends, and answering any questions from members. Pizza will be served.
Posted October 1, 2018
6:00 pm Keiser Math Lounge (Lockett 321)Actuarial club meeting
Alumnus and former ASA president Taylor Daigle will visit. Pizza will be served.
Posted October 19, 2018
6:00 pm Kiesler Math Lounge (Lockett 321)
Brian Frey, Protective Life Insurance Company
Actuary at Protective Life Insurance Company in Birmingham, AL
ASA Club Meeting
Video conference with Brain Frey, an actuary at Protective Life in Birmingham, AL. Discussing his experience with the profession and possible internship opportunities. Pizza will be served.
Posted November 2, 2018
6:00 pm Kiesler Math Lounge (Lockett 321)ASA Club Meeting
Summer Internship presentations and discussion from students Matt Blanchard and Jacob Doran. Pizza will be served.
Posted January 27, 2019
5:30 pm Keiser Math Lounge (Lockett 321)ASA Club Meeting
Our visitor is Sayi Otoikhine, FSA. She is an LSU alumna and former club president. She currently is as an actuary for IBM. She will be giving a presentation to us via Skype. Pizza will be served.
Posted January 23, 2019
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Keiser Math Lounge (Lockett 321)ASA Club Meeting
Our speaker for the second meeting of the semester will be Mr. Nick Klinka, FCAS. He is an LSU alumnus and is currently working as a Senior Actuarial Assistant at Allstate. He will be giving a presentation to us via Skype. Pizza will be served!
Posted February 7, 2019
5:30 pm Keiser Math Lounge (Lockett 321)ASA Club Meeting
Hearing from speaker Mr. Matthew Arnold, FSA, MAAA. He works at BlueCross BlueShield of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, LA as the Director of Actuarial Valuation and Senior Products. His presentation is on Commercial Risk Adjustment. Pizza will be served.
Posted February 22, 2019
5:30 pm Keiser Math Lounge (Lockett 321)ASA Club Meeting
Ms. Shelley Johnson, a consulting actuary at Foster & Foster, LLC, will be our speaker. She works with the major state retirement systems and will be presenting about her job and other actuarial topics. Pizza will be served.
Posted March 13, 2019
5:30 pm Keiser Math Lounge (Lockett 321)ASA Club Meeting
Cabe Chadick, who is an LSU alumnus and the President & Managing Principal of Lewis & Ellis, Inc Dallas, Texas, will be our speaker.
Pizza will be served.
Posted September 26, 2019
5:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial club meeting
1. Winnie Sloan (is an LSU alumna, a Senior Actuarial Assistant for Travelers in St. Paul, MN, and has assisted many of our students who want advice from a professional actuary) is our speaker via skype. 2. Selecting new officers. Pizza will be served.
Posted October 10, 2019
5:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial club meeting
Abigail Brown, LSU contact for actuary, will come as a guest speaker. She will be discussing interviews, resumes, and other related topics. Pizza will be served.
Posted October 1, 2019
5:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial club meeting
West Dickens and Alaina Chifici (LSU alumna) from Protective insurance will visit. They will also set up some interviews for Friday October 25 for anyone applying to their internship program. Pizza will be served.
Posted November 5, 2019
until 5:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial club meeting
Senior, Sarah Davidson, will discuss her internship at CNA Insurance in Chicago
Nick Crifasi from AmeriHealth Caritas in Philadelphia will skype. Nick is an ASA in the Society of Actuaries and is an LSU alumnus.
Nick is requesting that seniors graduating in December or May give him their resume. Seniors graduating in December or May please send your resume to Kevin Li at kli27@lsu.edu, and he will send them to Nick.
Posted February 13, 2020
Keiser Math Lounge (Lockett 321)ASA Club Meeting
Taylor Daigle, who is an actuarial analyst at Pinnacle Actuarial Resources and a 2018 LSU graduate will visit. Pizza will be served.
Posted February 24, 2020
Last modified March 3, 2021
Actuarial club meeting
Matthew Arnold from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana will be our guest speaker. He is one of their associate actuaries and one of LSU's advising actuaries. His topic will be regarding Medicare Supplement / Medicare Advantage. The meeting will take place at 6pm. As always pizza will be served at the meeting.
Posted February 10, 2022
5:30 pm James E. Keisler Lounge (room 321 Lockett)Actuarial Science information meeting
Pizza will be served. A drawing for The Infinite Actuary Exam P or Exam FM prep course. A discussion of the LSU program and actuarial profession. Appointment of officers to the Actuarial Club. Discussion about inviting professional actuaries. Visit by the Director, Preliminary Courses, The Infinite Actuary.