Every few years, actuaries compete to write speculative fiction. For instance, one of last year's winners focused on on insurance companies' role in fighting climate change: "We All Have a Green Heart" by Anna Bearrood.
Links going back to 1995:
https://www.metafilter.com/188616/Math-heists-time-travel-aliens-and-creepy-predictions
@wjt IT IS!!!
some good stuff in the MetaFilter comments, in case you haven't looked -- I also just added some thoughts on themes I saw in many stories
@brainwane this is GREAT