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Receiving and Succeeding in Your First Actuarial Position!

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Pass your first actuarial exam on the first try!

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Why 50% of test takers fail their actuarial exams.

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SOA Update - The Prometric Center Experience for FSA Written-Answer Exams

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…

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Actuaries in the Arts: Sam Broverman

Sam 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…

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Actuaries in the Arts: Victoria Grossack

Victoria 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.

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Getting to Know Brian Fannin, Author of R for Actuaries and Data Scientists

Brian 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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Now Available from ACTEX Learning - R for Actuaries and Data Scientists

R FOR ACTUARIES and Data Scientists with Applications to Insurance

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Product Updates - Spring 2021

CAS 1/SOA P: ACTEX P Study Manual - Spring 2021 Edition: Est. Availability - Late Jan. 2021

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Liabilities in Cyber Insurance - with ACTEX's own Michael Bean

Steely-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…

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