OLA Industry Newsletter: March 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Posted by: Alan Ramirez
Dear OLA Community,
This industry newsletter is provided to our professional members, industry sponsors, partners, allies, and subscribers to keep you current with OLA's various activities, spotlight members of our community, and connect you with career and volunteer opportunities.
If you are not already on our distribution list, please register for an OLA Member Portal account at members@latinoactuaries.org to receive this newsletter and other important communications!
Please reach out to our newsletter team at newsletter@latinoactuaries.org if you have any questions or feedback (or for corporate sponsors and partners, any items you'd like featured in this newsletter),
and thank you for your continued support of OLA!
Alan Ramirez
Director of Membership
Table of Contents
- Upcoming Events & Announcements
- Community Spotlights
- Career Corner
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Support OLA!
- Connect With Us
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OLA NYC Mixer: meet the ola leadership team!
On January 25, the Organization of Latino Actuaries hosted the OLA NYC Mixer: Meet the OLA Leadership Team! It was a great opportunity to connect with OLA members, corporate sponsors, allies, and to meet the OLA Leadership Team in New
York City. This was part of the in-person 2024 OLA Annual Leadership Meeting, which exceeded all of our expectations!
The OLA Leadership Meeting broke records with all 28 OLA Leaders attending in-person in NYC! OLA's President, Marcela Granados, and President-Elect, Anthony Lucero, shared OLA's evolving mission and vision to continue building the amazing work with students
while placing a stronger emphasis on our pipeline development and Latine leadership development/mentorship efforts.
Special thanks to New York Life Insurance, Platinum Sponsor of OLA, for hosting OLA's Leadership meeting on January 25, as well as Databricks for hosting us on January 26 and 27.
New York City is the place to see everything, including taking part in some of the world's most famous events. In the month of September, this vibrant city honors the community and influence of Hispanic citizens through events like the NY Latino Film
Festival, the Hispanic Day Parade, and the Mexican Independence Day Parade, among other wonderful events.
We look forward to meeting up again!
OLA Mixer - Dallas
Please join us on Thursday, April 11, at Dot's Hop House & Cocktail Courtyard in Dallas, Texas.
Network and connect with OLA leadership, actuarial candidates, corporate sponsors, and allies! Over 30 Latine actuaries will be there!
A variety of drinks and appetizers will be served.
Capacity is limited, so don't wait to RSVP! See you there!
OLA's early career symposium (ECS)
OLA is excited to announce our new offering for 2024: OLA's Early Career Symposium (ECS)!
The ECS, taking place Sunday, August 4 - Monday, August 5, 2024, in Las Vegas, NV (concurrently with the 2024 ALPFA Convention) will bring together a record-breaking 60 OLA prospects (college/university students, recent graduates, and career-changers), OLA Leaders (Board of Directors, Program Managers, and Committees), and Corporate Sponsors. This will promote enhanced in-person networking opportunities, including OLA's familiar Mixer format, OLA's first in-person career fair, networking meals, and breakout panels/sessions. Following the success of OLA’s Rising Leaders Program (RLP) Inaugural Conference this past August, we are offering the ECS as a way to expand our programming to more of our prospects as well as increase touch points with sponsors. ECS registration is open until capacity is reached, so don't wait to purchase the ECS sponsorship package that fits your needs! Note that almost all annual sponsorship packages include some level of an ECS sponsorship package.
ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING OLA'S 2024 CAREER FAIRS
OLA
is excited to announce that registration for our Early Career Symposium
(ECS) in-person Career Fair taking place on Monday, August 5, in Las
Vegas, NV, has opened! OLA is sponsoring travel for 60 aspiring Latine
actuaries looking for both internships and full-time roles, so don’t miss
out! As a reminder, commitment and payment for a 2024 OLA Annual Sponsorship
package is required by April 30, 2024, in order to receive the ECS event
registration link in time to secure your company’s table at the ECS Career
Fair.
Furthermore,
ECS event registration for all attendees will close on May 31, 2024. In
the event the number of committed and paid sponsors exceeds in-person career
fair capacity prior to April 30, priority will be given to companies based
on the order in which they complete sponsorship payment and register
representatives to the event (therefore confirming participation). Sponsors
that are not able to secure their space for the in-person Career Fair will be
asked to attend the Virtual Career Fair later in August instead.
We
are quickly reaching capacity for this in-person Career Fair now that
registration has opened, so please email the OLA Corporate Engagement team at corpengagement@latinoactuaries.org
to discuss your 2024 OLA Annual Sponsorship package and/or inquire regarding your payment status.
In
addition to the ECS in-person Career Fair, OLA is hosting its Virtual Career
Fair on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, from 2 PM – 6 PM ET.
Information on how to sign-up will be published in late Spring 2024.
Given
that Gold, Gold Plus, and Platinum Sponsors have the option to utilize their
Career Fair benefit virtually or in-person (at the ECS), registration for the
Virtual Career Fair will open first to Silver and Career Fair Only sponsors as
they are limited to the virtual option. We strongly encourage Gold, Gold Plus,
and Platinum Sponsors to choose the in-person Career Fair as capacity for both
career fair formats is limited. Commitment and payment for a 2024 OLA Annual
Sponsorship package is required by June 30, 2024, in order to secure your
company’s space in the Virtual Career Fair.
Please
reference the 2024 OLA Sponsorship Tiers document on the OLA Member
Portal’s Corporate Sponsors Content Hub for more information. We look forward to a smooth and productive recruiting season!
New Career Center on OLA Membership POrtal
Silver, Gold, Gold Plus, and Platinum Sponsors can now access OLA’s new Career Center! This new job board will allow corporate sponsors to post and modify their company’s job openings in real-time. Simultaneously, OLA’s prospects with real-time access
to these openings. All postings will still be shared in OLA’s newsletters/communications, but the OLA Newsletter team will now source these postings from the Career Center.
For specific steps on how to post please check out our Career Corner section below. Please reach out to the OLA Career Center team at careercenter@latinoactuaries.org if you have any questions.
CAS Opportunity
Call for Presentations for CAS Annual Meeting AND Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar
The CAS is seeking proposals for dynamic and thought-provoking educational sessions for two events in 2024. This is a great opportunity to share your passion, ideas, and expertise with your colleagues! We are accepting proposals for a variety of topics and session lengths - 50-minute Roundtable discussions, 60/75-minute Concurrent/General sessions, and Half-day Workshops.
- 2024 Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar and Workshops - September 9-11 in San Francisco, CA
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cristina fernandez aguirre, ACAS
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
University: Penn State University
OLA Involvement: Membership Program Manager
Current Position: AVP & Actuary at Chubb, Large Account Pricing
Tell us a little about yourself: I am a P&C actuary at Chubb and moved to Philadelphia after working for many years in Boston. I love to work out,
cook, and do arts and crafts. I am also a plant mom and love to decorate my living space with plants!
What are different roles you have done throughout your career? Because there are so many opportunities in actuarial science, I have done a wide variety of roles. I have been in workers compensation
reserving, specialty commercial analytics, homeowners reserving, and I am currently in large account pricing. Every role was unique and had a different perspective on insurance. I've done roles that are less technical and focus on building relationships
with the business, all the way to roles that are very technical and work closely with statistical models. Opportunities in actuarial are endless!
Why did you decide to become a Program Manager through OLA? I was previously involved as a mentor doing mock interviews and resume reviews for OLA students. I grew passionate about the impact that OLA
has on actuarial students' careers and the impact it could have on my own so I decided to apply! Becoming a program manager has grown my professional network, strengthened my leadership skills, and allowed me to contribute to the community in
really impactful ways given our profession is very niche.
We enjoy featuring and sharing the stories of members of the Latine actuarial community! If you have a nomination for a spotlight, please ask them to fill out this form with their information/headshot.
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DO YOU HAVE JOB POSTINGS TO SHARE?
Our Platinum, Gold Plus, and Gold Corporate Sponsors can now share job postings on our new Career Center portion of our OLA Membership Portal!
Any member of your team who has an OLA Member Portal account associated with your company can easily post an opportunity by logging into their OLA Member Portal account and navigating to members.latinoactuaries.org/networking to
submit an opening. Please note that, when submitting the opening, you’ll want to click “No, I will tell them ‘How to Apply’ below” for the “Allow online applications?” option so that applicants aren’t mistakenly led to apply on our site instead
of yours.
As a reminder, Silver sponsors can only post entry-level and intern job postings on the Career Center; any postings that do not comply with this condition will not be approved on the backend.
Please reach out to the OLA Career Center team at careercenter@latinoactuaries.org if you have any questions.
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VOLUNTEER WITH OLA!
Are you interested in volunteering with OLA? Sign-in to your OLA Member Portal account and edit your profile to indicate your volunteer interests! If you do not already have an OLA Member Portal account, you can click here to
register.
Academic scholarship application evaluator opportunity
We are now accepting volunteers to be an Academic Scholarship Application Evaluator! In this role, you will have a chance to help score applications that will determine the winners of OLA’s 2024 – 2025 Scholarship program.
If you would like to be a part of the process, please indicate your volunteer preferences in your OLA member profile and send us a message at scholarships@latinoactuaries.org by
Monday, April 15th. Thank you in advance for your time and please let us know if you have any questions!
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We have different sponsorship tiers that can fit your company's size and strategy! If you are interested in sponsoring OLA, please e-mail us at info@latinoactuaries.org. We can schedule a call and provide
information you need or answer your questions.
OLA supports our Latine actuarial prospects (students, career changers, etc.) via scholarship programs, exam materials and registration reimbursements, and our travel program that sends prospects to OLA's Early Career Symposium (ECS) and industry
conferences to help them network and securo jobs at the on-site career fairs.
Individual donations of any amount can go a long way in helping us sustain these programs, so please click here if interested in donating!
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