50 Unique Tips for Actuarial Exam P and FM

  I’ve been running the Study Strategy Program for Exam P and FM for just about 1 year now, and throughout that time I’ve given members hundreds of little nuggets of advice. In this post, I thought it’d be a good idea to share some of them with you! So, here are...

Do actuarial exams expire?

So maybe you passed an actuarial exam a few years ago and now you’re considering coming back to the actuarial field. Or you’re considering taking some time away from actuarial exams, and wondering if you’ll still have credit for the exams you passed several years ago....

Do actuaries make good money? (Actuary salary analysis)

Yesterday someone asked me if actuaries make good money. I completely understand that this is something anyone considering the career would want to know. But I found it hard to answer directly.

Fully qualified actuaries can make $150,000+ annually, so most people would say actuaries make good money. But it really depends on your definition of good money.

There are a few different ways we could look at this.

What subjects are needed to become an actuary?

If you’re considering becoming an actuary, you probably want to know the courses you’ll be required to take in college or university in order to get a job.

Essentially, the subjects you’ll need to be an actuary are:

Calculus
Algebra
Statistics
Probability
Computer Science
Finance
Economics
Business
Actuarial Science (if available)

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