DAV correspondent
Actuaries are experts who use
mathematical methods to rate financial uncertainties in the
areas of insurance, pension schemes, capital investments and
building society savings. To become actuaries, after studying
mathematics, they undergo further education as part of an
employment, usually at an insurance company.
Alfred Müller is a member of the board of the German Society
for Insurance and Financial Mathematics (DGVFM)
and correspondent of the German Association of Actuaries (DAV)
at the University of Siegen. One of his tasks is to inform
students about actuarial training as well as the actuarial
profession. If you have any questions on this topic, please
feel free to contact him during office hours.
General information about the actuarial profession, about the
actuarial training and about possible internships can be found
on the DAV
website and on the website Werde Aktuar (in German).
Applicants for admission to actuarial training may, under
certain conditions, obtain a certificate from Alfred Müller
stating that they have a basic knowledge of probability theory
and statistics. This certificate exempts from the corresponding
admission examination. The required previous knowledge can be
found in the
DAV examination regulations (in German).
The above-mentioned previous knowledge is usually achieved by
successfully completing the modules Stochastics I, Stochastics
II as well as a statistics module such as Statistical Analysis
or Computational Statistics.