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Actuarial risk winners

Open-access content Wednesday 8th November 2017 — updated 5.50pm, Wednesday 29th April 2020

Cass Business School has announced the winners of the NMG Consulting prize for Actuarial Science in 2016-17.


Cass Business School has announced the winners of the NMG Consulting prize for Actuarial Science in 2016-17.

Nitish Suresh and Abhinav Gakhar, who both scored the highest marks in the actuarial risk management modules in the past academic year, will share the £2,000 NMG Consulting prize. The award, judged by Cass academics and sponsored by NMG Consulting, is open to students studying the MSc in Actuarial Management.

Speaking at the prize-giving breakfast, Andrew Baker, director, NMG Group said: "We'd like to congratulate the two winners on their outstanding success."

Professor Ben Rickayzen of Cass and said: "This is a highly sought-after honour."

This article appeared in our November 2017 issue of The Actuary .
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