Cande Olsen

Cande Olsen is a vice president with Actuarial Resources Corporation of Georgia, 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 American Academy of Actuaries volunteer work. She recently completed a six-year term with the Actuarial Standards Board. Cande has also been a member of the Academy’s Council on Professionalism and was recently appointed to the Council’s new Committee on Education that was formed to support the Academy’s future educational efforts.  She is a frequent 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 of the Volunteer Resource Committee, and chairperson of the Young Actuaries Committee. In 2021 she was the recipient of the American Academy of Actuaries’ Jarvis Farley Award, which honors actuaries whose volunteer efforts on behalf of the Academy made significant contributions to the advancement of the profession.

Cande was also recently appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Actuarial Foundation.

Cande holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from Williams College.  She is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.