Hello Todd,
Thank you for the additional color about the actuarial profession. As I said in response to another comment in this thread, business people evaluate risk very differently than those harboring a closeted love for mathematics. That is, they tend to think about the chance of loss, as well as prospective threats to aspects of a business. Numbers play into it, but so does creativity, and scenario thinking. Many large scale businesses do a fantastic job of anticipating, planning for, and taking advantage of, risks.
Yours, in service,
Jason