E. E. Cammack

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][6][7]

E. E. Cammack
Born
Edmund Ernest Cammack

7 December 1881
Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
Died17 December 1958 (aged 77)
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of London
Spouse(s)Zelie Cammack
Children1

Cammack made several contributions to actuarial journals and, as a renowned actuary, he was regularly asked to contribute to US Governmental debates.[8][9][10][11][12] In 1926, he founded a graduate school that continues to this day at Aetna Life Insurance.[13][14][15]

Early life and education

Edmund Ernest Cammack was born in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, on 7 December 1881.[2][3] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of London.[2][3][16][17]

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][18]

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.[19] 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][20][21][5] 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][22]

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.[17]

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[23]
  • Premiums and reserves for non-cancellable accident and health policies, by E.E. Cammack, Casualty Actuarial Society, 1921[23]
  • Combined Group Mortality Investigation, by E.E. Cammack, Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, November 1926[24]

References
  1. 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.
  2. https://www.casact.org/pubs/proceed/proceed58/58276.pdf
  3. https://www.soa.org/globalassets/assets/library/research/transactions-of-society-of-actuaries/1949-59/1959/january/tsa59v11n29ab37.pdf
  4. "Index of obituaries of Institute and Faculty members | Institute and Faculty of Actuaries".
  5. Obituary in The Hartford Courant, USA, E. E. Cammack, 77, Dies. Retired Aetna Life Officer, Thursday, December 18, 1958, p.6
  6. "Aetna Health Insurance Company History". www.healthinsurancequotesamerica.com.
  7. "Insurance Newsweek". Vantage Enterprise. 6 September 1929 – via Google Books.
  8. CAMMACK, Edmund Ernest. 31 October 2009. ISBN 9780837902432. OCLC 7981873006 – via Open WorldCat.
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  10. "Investigation of Concentration of Economic Power: Hearings Before the Temporary National Economic Committee". 1939.
  11. "Verbatim Record of the Proceedings". 1939.
  12. "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.
  13. http://www.aetna.com/about/aetna/diversity/data/10097-Aetna_LR.pdf
  14. "Tech Stressed at New Aetna School". Insurance & Technology.
  15. America, Actuarial Society of (6 September 1921). "Transactions" – via Google Books.
  16. "Cyclopedia of Insurance in the United States". Index Publishing Company. 6 September 1946 – via Google Books.
  17. Obituary in The Hartford Courant, USA, Thursday, December 18, 1958, p.6
  18. https://www.casact.org/pubs/proceed/proceed62/62056.pdf
  19. The Times, Congress Of Actuaries, Industrial Policies, Remarkable Progress, June 30, 1927, p.9
  20. 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.
  21. https://www.casact.org/pubs/proceed/proceed21/21363.pdf
  22. 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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  24. "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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