Working Ethically in Finance

Acknowledgments

I would like to give thanks to those who have contributed to the shaping of my vocation: as actuary, Christian, husband and father, citizen and friend. It has been my privilege to have worked with many competent, committed, and compassionate people, and been able to call many of them friends. C. S. Lewis, in his Four Loves, writes:

In a good friendship, each member feels humility towards all the rest. He sees that they are splendid and counts himself lucky to be among them … The ancients saw it (friendship) as the happiest and most human of loves; the crown of life, and the school of virtue (1977, 77).

In particular, I thank those who have encouraged me in various ways to write for conferences and journals. Especially valuable ...