TY - BOOK AU - Kareithi, Amos TI - Why acturial business is a lucrative undertaking PY - 0000///Wednesday, January 212009/// CY - Nairobi PB - The Standard Group KW - Actuarial N2 - An actuary deals with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty. The field is not for the faint hearted as clearly demonstrated by the scarcity of qualified professionals worldwide. Many actuaries are general business managers or financial officers who discount risky future cash flows in insurance businesses. Some act as witnesses in court trials to estimate the economic values of losses such as lost profits or lost wages ER -