E. E. Cammack

Edmund Ernest Cammack was born in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, on 7 December 1881.[1][2] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of London.[1][2][6]

Cammack began his career working at a London bank before moving to Johannesburg to work as an actuary with the African Life Insurance Company.[1] 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.[1] Cammack rose through the ranks to become Head Actuary in 1924 and proceeded to create its Group Insurance Division.[1]

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.[1] In 1947 he was appointed a Director of Aetna Life and Aetna Casualty and served on both boards until his death in 1958.[1]

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.[1][7][8][4] 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.[1] 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.[1][9]

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.[6]

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