The California Actuarial League (CAL) was founded in February 1998 by students of the Statistics department in order to promote the actuarial profession at the University of California, Berkeley. It is open only to registered students, faculty, and staff at the University of California, Berkeley. CAL is voluntary and non-profit in nature.
+ Inform interested students of career paths available to actuaries, and provide members
with an ongoing opportunity to interact with companies seeking fresh actuaries.
+ Serve as a professional and social network of persons with experience and/or interest
in pursuing a career as a pension actuary, casualty actuary, consulting actuary, or other
related designation.
+ Serve as a contact for private and public organizations interested in recruiting for
full-time positions, providing summer or co-op internship opportunities, giving corporate
information sessions, offering scholarships for actuarial students, facilitating exam
preparation courses to help prepare CAL members for professional actuarial examinations
given by the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Casualty Actuary Society (CAS).
+ Advise members and non-members of appropriate agencies and resources that can answer
questions or provide direction in the pursuit of one’s actuarial career.
+ Have agencies permanently associate CAL members with genuine interest and determination
in actuarial careers.
“An actuary is a business professional who deals with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty. Actuaries provide expert assessments of financial security systems, with a focus on their complexity, their mathematics, and their mechanisms.”
