E._E._Cammack

E. E. Cammack

E. E. Cammack

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Edmund Ernest Cammack FAIA FCAS (7 December 1881 – 17 December 1958) was an English actuary who was an early figure in the Aetna Life Insurance company and a founder member of the Casualty Actuarial Society of America.[1][2][3][4][5]

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Cammack made several contributions to actuarial journals and, as a renowned actuary, he was regularly asked to contribute to US Governmental debates.[6][7][8][9][10] In 1926, he founded a graduate school that continues to this day at Aetna Life Insurance.[11][12][13]

Early life and education

Edmund Ernest Cammack was born in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, on 7 December 1881.[2] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of London.[2][14][3]

Career

Cammack began his career working at a London bank before moving to Johannesburg to work as an actuary with the African Life Insurance Company.[2] He was made a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of America in 1909 when he left South Africa to join Aetna Life Insurance in America.[2] Cammack rose through the ranks to become Head Actuary in 1924 and proceeded to create its Group Insurance Division.[2]

E.E. Cammack, First Dinner of the Casualty, Actuarial and Statistical Society of America, NYC, November 7, 1914

Cammack was elected Vice-President of Aetna and, in 1927, he was made Chief Executive of the fire and marine operations of the Aetna Life Affiliated Companies.[2] Shortly thereafter he made important contributions to the 8th International Congress of Actuaries which was held in London in June, 1927.[15] In 1947 he was appointed a Director of Aetna Life and Aetna Casualty and served on both boards until his death in 1958.[2]

Cammack was a Fellow and Charter Member of the Casualty Actuarial Society, which he helped to establish in 1914, later making several important contributions to its work.[2][16][3] He was elected Vice President of the Casualty Actuarial Society in 1922, and was made a Fellow of the American Institute of Actuaries in 1925.[2] He served as a Member of the Actuarial Society of America and, in 1927, was made President of the Automobile Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut.[2][17]

Cammack was a member of the Hartford Club, the Hartford Golf Club, the Wampanoag Country Club and was a communicant of St John's Episcopal Church in West Hartford.[3]

Death

Cammack and his wife, Zelie Cammack, had one son. Cammack died in Hartford, Connecticut, on 17 December 1958.

Selected contributions to Actuarial Journals

  • Premiums for Non-Participating Life Insurance, by E.E. Cammack, Transactions of the Actuarial Society of America, 1919[18]
  • Premiums and reserves for non-cancellable accident and health policies, by E.E. Cammack, Casualty Actuarial Society, 1921[18]
  • Combined Group Mortality Investigation, by E.E. Cammack, Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, November 1926[19]

References

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    Who, Marquis Who's; Staff, Marquis Who's Who (31 October 2000). Who was who in America: With World Notables : 1607-1998 : Index, Volume I-XII and Historical Volume. Marquis Who's Who. ISBN 9780837902340 – via Google Books.
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    Transactions Of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. II No. 29AB, Obituary, Edmund Ernest Cammack, p. 317
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    Obituary in The Hartford Courant, USA, E. E. Cammack, 77, Dies. Retired Aetna Life Officer, Thursday, December 18, 1958, p.6
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    "Aetna Health Insurance Company History". www.healthinsurancequotesamerica.com.
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    "Insurance Newsweek". Vantage Enterprise. 6 September 1929 – via Google Books.
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    CAMMACK, Edmund Ernest. 31 October 2009. ISBN 9780837902432. OCLC 7981873006 – via Open WorldCat.
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    "Investigation of Concentration of Economic Power: Hearings Before the Temporary National Economic Committee". 1939.
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    "Verbatim Record of the Proceedings". 1939.
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    "The Texas Civil Appeals Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Civil Appeals of the State of Texas". state of Texas. 20 September 1904 – via Google Books.
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    "The Journey of DIVERSITY, 2007 DIVERSITY Annual Report" (PDF). Aetna Life Insurance. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015.
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    "Tech Stressed at New Aetna School". Insurance & Technology.
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    America, Actuarial Society of (6 September 1921). "Transactions" – via Google Books.
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    "Cyclopedia of Insurance in the United States". Index Publishing Company. 6 September 1946 – via Google Books.
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    The Times, Congress Of Actuaries, Industrial Policies, Remarkable Progress, June 30, 1927, p.9
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    Khury, K. Stan; Skurnick, Dave; Stewart, Walt; Wright, Walt; Goldberg, Steve; Balling, Glen (7 November 2014). 100 Years of Expertise, Insight, and Solutions: A History of the Casualty Actuarial Society. Casualty Actuarial Society. ISBN 9780962476259 – via Google Books.
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    Otey, Elizabeth Lewis (24 April 1941). "Cash Benefits Under Voluntary Disability Insurance in the United States". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
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  19. [19]
    "Additions to the library, November 1926". Journal of the Institute of Actuaries. 57 (3): 387–396. 20 November 1926. doi:10.1017/S0020268100031322 – via Cambridge University Press.
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