Cande Olsen

Cande is a vice president with Actuarial Resources Corporation of Georgia since 2007, where she consults on individual life, annuity, and long-term care regulatory actuarial and compliance issues. Previously, she was with New York Life Insurance Company, where she held a wide variety of actuarial positions, most recently in the Government Relations area.

During her career, Cande has been very involved in Academy volunteer work. She recently completed a six-year term with the Actuarial Standards Board and was a member of the American Academy of Actuaries Council on Professionalism. During the past six years, she was often a speaker on professionalism issues for both the Academy and local actuarial clubs.

Her service to the profession and the public has included numerous other leadership and volunteer positions within the Academy, including previous service as the Academy’s Vice President, Life and a member of its Board of Directors, as well as chairperson of the Life Products Committee, chairperson Actuaries Committee. In 2021 she was the recipient of the American Academy of Actuaries’ Jarvis Farley Ward, which honors actuaries whose volunteer efforts on behalf of the Academy made significant contributions to the advancement of the profession.

Cande graduated from Williams College in 1972 with a BA in Mathematics. She is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and a Chartered Life Underwriter.

Cande lives in Morristown, New Jersey and Inlet Beach, Florida, where she spends her free time training for and competing in running races & triathlons at the national & international level.