Arthur Hunter
Arthur Hunter was an American executive.
Early life and education
Hunter was born in 1869 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He studied at George Watson's College.Career
Hunter relocated to the United States in 1892, initially working at Fidelity Mutual Life before his tenure at New York Life. He served as the vice president and chief actuary at New York Life Insurance Company.During World War I, he served as the chief consulting actuary for the U.S. Government and chaired the advisory board on military and naval insurance for the War Risk Bureau, earning recognition from both France and Britain.
During his career, Hunter wrote more than fifty papers for the Actuarial Society of America, where he was a fellow and past president. He co-edited the textbook Alcohol and Man with Oscar H. Rogers, the former medical director of New York Life.
Hunter was also a founding member of the Casualty Actuarial Society. After his retirement in 1941, he served as a director of the Blue Shield Doctors' Plan.