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kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad

Hoshi posted:

The Credentialing Process
In the US there are two levels of credentials - Associateship and Fellowship - which require a rigorous series of exams. Some of these are passed during college, and new college graduates may have anything from 2 exams to their Associateship, depending on their internship experience and their university's actuarial science program.

Once you enter the workforce companies generally give you a fair amount of paid study time to take for every exam attempt, plus they pay the exam expenses.

To cover the US options the credentials are:
ASA - Associate of the Society of Actuaries
ACAS - Associate of the Casualty Actuary Society
FSA - Fellow of the Society of Actuaries
FCAS - Fellow of the Casualty Actuary Society

Do healthcare (or pension) actuaries go with one of these society's credentials?

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kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad

Running With Spoons posted:

Most of the exams have about 40%-60% pass rates.

Do people have meaningful work at each exam level?

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