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There have been some folks in the actuarial community in the U.S. who have been concerned about the threat of some of the profession's duties being outsourced to a hypothetical bumper crop of new actuaries coming in south or southeast Asia.
However, I wonder if those concerns might be a bit premature, given that The Star is reporting about a lack of credentialed actuaries available to support Malaysia's booming insurance and takaful industry:
More actuaries are urgently needed to ensure the successful implementation of the risk-based capital framework (RBC) and other regulatory policies in the insurance industry, Actuarial Society of Malaysia president Raymond Lai said. […]
According to Lai, of the 51 actuaries currently registered with the society, 42 are working in Malaysia. In the next five years, it expects to register 100 more actuaries.