Skip to main content
The Actuary: The magazine of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries - return to the homepage Logo of The Actuary website
  • Search
  • Visit The Actuary Magazine on Facebook
  • Visit The Actuary Magazine on LinkedIn
  • Visit @TheActuaryMag on Twitter
Visit the website of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Logo of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

Main navigation

  • News
  • Features
    • General Features
    • Interviews
    • Students
    • Opinion
  • Topics
  • Knowledge
    • Business Skills
    • Careers
    • Events
    • Predictions by The Actuary
    • Whitepapers
    • Moody's - Climate Risk Insurers series
    • Webinars
    • Podcasts
  • Jobs
  • IFoA
    • CEO Comment
    • IFoA News
    • People & Social News
    • President Comment
  • Archive
Quick links:
  • Home
  • Sections
  • Puzzles and Games

The Actuary Puzzles November 2019

Open-access content Tuesday 5th November 2019 — updated 11.02am, Thursday 7th May 2020

November puzzles and solutions.

2

The November puzzles and the  
solutions are viewable in PDF format only. 


Download PDF


If you have any suggestions for puzzles,
please contact the puzzles editor
at [email protected]

You may also be interested in...

2

The Actuary Puzzles December 2019

December puzzles and solutions.
Thursday 28th November 2019
Open-access content
2

In the public interest

With the Government Actuarys Department celebrating its centenary this year, Matt Gurden shares some of the ways in which it is advising and supporting policymakers
Tuesday 5th November 2019
Open-access content
2

Sowing seeds

Stephen Hyams discusses whether rules of thumb can help engage people with pension planning so they can save enough to meet their retirement expectations
Tuesday 5th November 2019
Open-access content
2

Skating on thin ice

Its time for with-profits investment strategies to consider climate-related risks and opportunities, say Catherine Thornand Sandy Trust
Tuesday 5th November 2019
Open-access content
OCT-2019.jpg

10

October 2019 archive + digital edition
Wednesday 9th October 2019
Open-access content
2

Actuaries, act on climate change!

Tacitus, senator and historian of the Roman Empire, announced: “Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.”
Tuesday 5th November 2019
Open-access content

Latest from Soft skills

lugy

New series on soft skills: emotional intelligence

Starting our new series on soft skills in the workplace, Amy Jacobson argues that, for actuaries, emotional intelligence is as important as grey matter
Wednesday 1st February 2023
Open-access content
k

Next level: getting to where you want to be

Chetan Ghosh reflects on the path he took from university graduate to CIO, and the important lessons he learnt along the way
Wednesday 30th November 2022
Open-access content
p

In the driving seat: taking a long-term view of an actuarial career

Actuarial training is all about the long-term – Bradley Shearer and Helena Ingram explore how we can think about our careers in the same way
Wednesday 30th November 2022
Open-access content

Latest from small_opening_image

2

COVID-19 forum for actuaries launched

A forum for actuaries has been launched to help the profession come together and learn how best to respond to the deadly coronavirus sweeping the world.
Wednesday 25th March 2020
Open-access content
2

Travel insurers expect record payouts this year

UK travel insurers expect to pay a record £275m to customers this year as coronavirus grounds flights across the world, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has revealed.
Wednesday 25th March 2020
Open-access content
2

Grim economic forecasts made as countries lockdown

A sharp recession is imminent in the vast majority of developed and emerging economies as the deadly coronavirus forces businesses to shut down across the world.
Tuesday 24th March 2020
Open-access content

Latest from short_item_with_links

2

The Actuary Puzzles February 2020

February puzzles and solutions.
Friday 31st January 2020
Open-access content
ta

The ARC, CIA and SOA launch innovative international pensions research

Trends in Canadian Mortality By Pension Level: Evidence From the CPP and QPP, funded by the IFoA, the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA), is a significant contribution to the work of life and pension actuaries.
Thursday 3rd October 2019
Open-access content
2

400 Club's lifelong learning survey seeks responses

During October, the IFoA's 400 Club will be carrying out a survey to obtain members’ feedback on ‘Lifelong Learning – continuous development’.
Thursday 3rd October 2019
Open-access content

Latest from inline_local_link

2

COVID-19 forum for actuaries launched

A forum for actuaries has been launched to help the profession come together and learn how best to respond to the deadly coronavirus sweeping the world.
Wednesday 25th March 2020
Open-access content
2

Travel insurers expect record payouts this year

UK travel insurers expect to pay a record £275m to customers this year as coronavirus grounds flights across the world, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has revealed.
Wednesday 25th March 2020
Open-access content
2

Grim economic forecasts made as countries lockdown

A sharp recession is imminent in the vast majority of developed and emerging economies as the deadly coronavirus forces businesses to shut down across the world.
Tuesday 24th March 2020
Open-access content

Latest from Puzzles and Games

Puzzles-iStock-1146577830.jpg

Puzzles March 2023

The March puzzles and the solutions are viewable in PDF format only.
Wednesday 1st March 2023
Open-access content
Puzzles-iStock-1146577830.jpg

Puzzles January/February 2023

The December puzzles and the solutions are viewable in PDF format only.
Wednesday 1st February 2023
Open-access content
Puzzles-iStock-1146577830.jpg

Puzzles December 2022

The December puzzles and the solutions are viewable in PDF format only.
Wednesday 30th November 2022
Open-access content

Latest from has_inline_pdf

2

Bitcoin: In the vaults

Blockchain technology and the trading of bitcoin were introduced in October 2008 in the famous paper by Satoshi Nakamoto.
Wednesday 4th March 2020
Open-access content
2

Buried treasure: Could data regulations sink AI in Europe?

The wealth of data held by insurers is a treasure trove.
Wednesday 4th March 2020
Open-access content
2

Machine learning with laser focus

Wind energy technology is relevant to the international political objectives of the Paris Agreement, UN Sustainability Goals, the declared climate emergency, reduction of pollution, and UK green growth strategy.
Wednesday 4th March 2020
Open-access content
Share
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Linked in
  • Mail
  • Print

Latest Jobs

Investment Consultant

Scotland / Scotland, Edinburgh / London, England
Up to £70000.00 per annum
Reference
148689

Market Risk Capital Actuary/Quant

London (Central)
£65,000 - £115,000 plus bonus and package
Reference
148688

Experience Analysis Contractor

England
Negotiable
Reference
148687
See all jobs »
 
 
 
 

Sign up to our newsletter

News, jobs and updates

Sign up

Subscribe to The Actuary

Receive the print edition straight to your door

Subscribe
Spread-iPad-slantB-june.png

Topics

  • Data Science
  • Investment
  • Risk & ERM
  • Pensions
  • Environment
  • Soft skills
  • General Insurance
  • Regulation Standards
  • Health care
  • Technology
  • Reinsurance
  • Global
  • Life insurance
​
FOLLOW US
The Actuary on LinkedIn
@TheActuaryMag on Twitter
Facebook: The Actuary Magazine
CONTACT US
The Actuary
Tel: (+44) 020 7880 6200
​

IFoA

About IFoA
Become an actuary
IFoA Events
About membership

Information

Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
Cookie Policy
Think Green

Get in touch

Contact us
Advertise with us
Subscribe to The Actuary Magazine
Contribute

The Actuary Jobs

Actuarial job search
Pensions jobs
General insurance jobs
Solvency II jobs

© 2023 The Actuary. The Actuary is published on behalf of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries by Redactive Publishing Limited. All rights reserved. Reproduction of any part is not allowed without written permission.

Redactive Media Group Ltd, 71-75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ