Career Development, Getting Started
The Casualty Actuarial Society and the Society of Actuaries are American actuarial organizations that standardize and regulate actuaries in the U.S. SOA vs. CAS: The primary difference is that they each support actuaries in different industries. The CAS...
Career Development, Finding A Job, Getting Started
If you’re considering becoming an actuary, you may wonder if you’re going to be able to work from home. It’s a great question, and something I myself wondered too when I first started working in the actuarial field. The short answer is that some companies do offer...
Actuarial Exams, Getting Started
If you’re writing an actuarial exam for the first time, you want to know what to expect (as much as possible). So likely you’re wondering exactly how the exam will be formatted. Are the questions grouped into topics? Do they increase in difficulty? What’s the...
Actuarial Exams, Getting Started
As you already know, writing actuarial exams is one of the biggest pieces to becoming an actuary. But, when’s the best time to write your first one? You should start thinking about writing your first actuarial exam in your second year of college/university. By this...
