The Society of Actuaries recently updated their documentation on the Prometric testing experience for FSA Written-Answer Exams. See their website for details on the testing experience, including exam timing, availability of access to program features during computer based testing, and exams with…
Continue readingSam Broverman has been a Professor of Actuarial Mathematics since 1978, first at The University of Texas at Austin until 1980, and since then at the University of Toronto. Professor Broverman is an ACTEX author who has written numerous textbooks and study guides widely used by students preparing…
Continue readingVictoria Grossack is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society, having received her fellowship in 1997. A graduate of Dartmouth College, she has worked at Argonaut Insurance Company in California, Zurich Financial Services in Zurich, Switzerland, and Folksamerica Reinsurance in New York.
Continue readingBrian has been programming since the mid-80’s when he taught a turtle how to walk with the Logo language. While in college, he learned how to use Fortran for computational physics to model harmonic oscillations and the movement of gas particles (among other things). After beginning his career as an…
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Continue readingCAS 1/SOA P: ACTEX P Study Manual - Spring 2021 Edition: Est. Availability - Late Jan. 2021
Continue readingSteely-eared listeners of the SOA's Research Insights podcast may have noticed a familiar company name in recent episode: Exposure Measures for Pricing and Analyzing the Risks in Cyber Insurance. (9/22/20) For those unaware, Michael Bean is our staff actuary here at ACTEX Learning. In this episode…
Continue readingASM customers are likely familiar with the name Abe Weishaus. With a long career in actuarial science, including (but not limited to) twenty years as an ASM author, Abraham Weishaus, Ph.D, FSA, CFA, MAAA, currently teaches at Columbia University. Today we are pleased to announce the release of…
Continue readingAs most actuaries know, maintaining one's credentials is no easy task, and the current pandemic has not made doing so any easier. For enrolled actuaries in particular, the physical presence requirement for earning formal CPE credit has been a limiting factor. In light of this fact, the Joint Board…
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