E. E. Cammack


Edmund Ernest Cammack AIA FAIA FCAS was an English actuary who was an early figure in the Aetna Life Insurance company.

Early life and education

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

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. 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. Cammack rose through the ranks to become Head Actuary in 1924 and proceeded to create its Group Insurance Division.
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. In 1947 he was appointed a Director of Aetna Life and Aetna Casualty and served on both boards until his death in 1958.
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. 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. 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.
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.

Death

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