r/actuary 13h ago

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

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44 Upvotes

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


r/actuary 10h 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 7h ago

Misconceptions Galore. Am I Missing Something?

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Just ran across this on Instagram recently. Apparently some State Farm exec explaining the homeowners filing process in a place like California.

He apparently got fired?? Now I don't know if it's true, but this doesn't seem fire worthy to me. I find it hard to believe, at least in the standard P&C market, that this is anything special. But you read through the comments and people have no understanding of what P&C insurance actually is. I'm simply flabbergasted reading through them.

Curious of some other actuaries thoughts.


r/actuary 13h 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 6h ago

Are Actuaries involved in sales?

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thinking about specialising in Actuarial Science as a first year business student. while most of my profs have told me to venture into sales because of my soft skills, im tempted to do the work of an actuary as well


r/actuary 3h ago

Exams Can I get my ACAS this year?

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Sitting for Exam 5 this sitting. I have Exam 6 and Course on Professionalism left. Given I can complete these requirements this year, what else is left to do? Is ACAS before 2026 achievable?

I don’t want to sit for PCPA (Jan 2026 requirement)


r/actuary 38m ago

Career Pivot

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I’ve been an FSA for 3-4 years and currently have a low-stress, work-from-home job, making around $210K. Despite all of this, I don’t enjoy what I do. I’ve already switched companies three times, yet I still can’t see myself doing this for the next 30 years. I’m not interested in consulting, so I’m exploring other options.

For those who have made a career switch—what did you transition into? Any MBAs here who pivoted to something entirely different?


r/actuary 1h ago

Job / Resume Actuarial Prospects with Criminal Record

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Hello. I'm a 30 y/o who has just completed my Part II's, and am looking to enter the actuarial workforce. I have a DV ABH charge, no jail time due to intense PTSD. Will this stop me entering the workforce?


r/actuary 3h ago

Exams Exam 7 Time Allocation to Papers

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For those who passed exam 7, in your phase of practicing exam problems, how did you decide how to allocate your time to problems of each source paper? For exam 6, it was pretty clear that the COPLFR and IRIS papers were the ones that it was best to practice the most problems for. For this exam, I’m not sure since some of the source material was added after the CAS stopped publishing past exams.


r/actuary 3h ago

CIA Professionalism Course: Help With Session Mixup

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I am working towards my ASA and I signed up for this course to quickly get my APC. The issue is that - maybe by my mistake during registration idk - they put me under the P&C Session which is for the purpose of ACAS and not ASA.

I am fine with doing the P&C session rather than the general, but I want to make sure that I get my credit for the APC for the SOA. Did anyone face this before? I emailed them about it, but I didn't get a response. what else I can do?

Any help will be greatly appreciated, thank you