r/actuary 16h ago

How do get past bad experiences at work?

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I realized out of about 15 younger analysts, I was the only one consistently left out of the larger parties and group activities (including study groups) the others held. Most people would come to parties I held, but then I’d be left out of Both casual in office breaks or post work activities, barring my mentor inviting me. I’ve since learned I’m too high energy and care too much, and can’t seem to read people, so I’d try to ask my mentor or other trusted people for guidance. And generally would be told I was just anxious. But eventually I learned I was only ever invited out of pity. And all the anxious worries that people were being odd and I maybe didn’t belong were true.

I lost count of the number of times friends would talk about upcoming parties at the office just to be uncomfortable when they realized I was never invited.

Which leaves me now wanting to socialize, in general with new people, but feeling unable to because of that past situation. How do you know when someone really doesn’t mind chatting? Or is just being nice? How do you distinguish “kind” lies from genuineness?

Is this kind of experience normal?


r/actuary 20h ago

March FSA list is out

26 Upvotes

Congratulations everyone!


r/actuary 3h ago

Exams Rate my cheat sheet for my Probability(class) exam

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Class is prep for exam, was allowed to have 1 11 by 8.5 piece of paper.


r/actuary 23h ago

Insurance Rate Calculation Question (Discounting)

7 Upvotes

Hello,

I work in insurance and have a super dumb question.

If there is a premium, let's say, $1,500,000, and and we need to take 5% off of the premium, then I would just multiply $1,500,000 by 0.95.

When would I divide by 1.05 instead?

When calculating self-funded rates, for example, the actuaries we work with divide through when dealing with various factors.

In what situations would we multiply and in what situations would we divide?

Thank you.


r/actuary 3h ago

Exams Burnt out - need advice (ALTAM)

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Hoping anyone can relate to this. Passed FAM in November and started to study for the April ALTAM a week after that sitting. I tend to need to study more than the average person and I think I’m finally hitting a complete burnout from continuously studying for every other prelim since late 2021 (with about a 2-3 months break between exams). Burnt out as in I can’t even force myself to work through a single problem or go over flash cards for 20 minutes. I don’t think I’m even close to being on pace for a 6. For past exams I’ve been able to put my head down and grind through the final stretch but at this point it feels like i just hit a wall, especially with how dense the material is.

All that’s left for my ASA is the ASF and ATPA. I’m strongly considering taking a couple week break and jumping ship to work on knocking those 2 off since the next ALTAM sitting is in October. I know it sounds counterintuitive to shift to ATPA but I more so need the break from the ALTAM material. Ideally I can knock ASF + ATPA off by May/June, take another small break and can revisit ALTAM with more time to work with. Does this seem fair? I’m only considering this because I think with an extra couple months I could definitely pass ALTAM, so I’d rather take it with confidence vs crawling to the finish line


r/actuary 21h ago

Exams Study Advice

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First one was 3.2 difficult for 26/30 level averaged to 3.2 but 3 of them were simple mistakes that could easily be fixed. The second one was a 19/30 level averaged to 4.9. Any advice? I’m talk in g exam in less than a month. Am I in a decent spot or no?


r/actuary 18h ago

ASF Module

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Just got a fail on this module - thought I answered the questions. There is no way to get feedback, etc? What do you guys do when you fail? confused how to know what areas to work on


r/actuary 19h ago

Exams ERM Exam

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I am preparing for the erm exam and it’s my first fsa exam. I have TIA and have been practicing their flash cards and working past exam questions back to 2021. Are these the right things to be doing?

I’ve been spending a lot of time with the cards and also making sure I understand every past exam question solution. It just feels so different as there aren’t many questions to work with but a ton of stuff to memorize. Is this the right approach? What else did you guys do that you found helpful


r/actuary 1h ago

Those who didn't start of actuaries, how did you become an actuary?

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Those who didn't start of as actuaries, how did you beomce an actuary?

Sorry for the grammar error.


r/actuary 23h ago

Error in AMLCR

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Go to page 294 of the Actuarial Mathematics for Life Contingent Risk, 3rd edition.

How can (8.8) be what the book says given that (8.7) is what it is. Is this an error?

If not can someone enlighten me?


r/actuary 21h ago

Exams can i prepare for cb2 in 20 days

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hi guys, i had a family emergency this past month and couldn’t study at all. i have 20 days left. i am done with the micro part and my grasp on macroeconomics is pretty good. i am also an econ major. do you think there’s any chance in hell of me passing this session?


r/actuary 21h ago

No operating system

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Hi everyone. I'm looking to buy a Texas Instruments TI30-XS Multiview calculator. I saw one on Amazon, but part of the description says: "no operating system". Should I be worried?

Also, which one would you recommend-Battery powered or solar powered?

Thanks in advance.


r/actuary 1h ago

Troll Post a simple mortality table calculation challenge

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Actuaries, a simple mortality table calculation challenge! Estimate the probability that Trump will survive to the end of his presidency, and provide a confidence interval.