Helpful Future Fellows Articles

• CBT Grading: You’ve Finished Your Exam … Now What Happens?
• Take the Pledge: Becoming an Actuary of the Future
• How Are Exam Questions Created?
• Exam Length — From Exam Writing to Candidate Feedback
• Notes on Exam Strategies from the CAS Exam Committee
• Great Expectations? How MQCs should perform on exams
• Setting the Bar for the Minimally Qualified Candidate
• A Candidate's Code of Ethics Playlist
• Travel Time Report
• Deciding Which Exam to Take and When

Admissions Committees 

• Actuarial Review Online Exclusive: Meet William Wilder, VP-Admissions - September 2023
• A Changing of the Guard in CAS Admissions Leadership - December 2020
• Meet Jeanne Crowell, CAS VP-Admissions - March 2018

Candidates and Exams

• The Updated Fellowship Exams: What Should I Know? - March 2024
• Exams In Real Life: MAS-I - March 2024
• New P&C Predictive Analytics Project to be Required for ACAS Designation — Initial Offering Available in 2023; ACAS Requirement Beginning Fall 2025 - September 2023
• Pay Attention to NDA Restrictions on Discussing Exams - September 2023
• Is It All Worth It? The Many Benefits of Earning that CAS Credential - March 2023
• CBT Grading: You’ve Finished Your Exam … Now What Happens? - June 2022
• Enhancements to Credentials are Coming: The Admissions Transformation Plan and You - December 2021
• Taking the Scenic Route (to an Actuarial Career) - September 2021
• Exam 6-International: Coming to a Testing Center Near You Fall 2021! - June 2021
• Exams IRL: Exam 9 - June 2021
• Exams IRL: Exam 8 (Advanced Ratemaking) - March 2021
• Exams in Real Life: Exam 7 - December 2020
• Exams in Real Life: Exam 6 - June 2020
• Exams in Real Life: Exam 5 - March 2020
• Exams in Real Life: MAS-II - September 2019
• Exams in Real Life: MAS-I - June 2019
• Understanding the Appeal Process for CAS Written Exams - December 2018
• TBE Post-Mortem: What Happened, and What Will Happen Next? - September 2018
• To appeal or not to appeal: When and how to do it - June 2018
• Travel Time Report - September 2017
• CAS Releases Syllabi for New Modern Actuarial Statistics Exams - March 2017

Candidate Advocate Working Group

• Meet the New CAWG Candidate Representatives and Member Volunteers - March 2024
• CAWG 2023 Year in Review - December 2023
• Meet the New CAS CAWG Candidate Representatives and Member Volunteers - March 2023
• CAWG: Year in Review - December 2022
• What’s in a Name? Introducing the Candidate Advocate Working Group - December 2021
• Welcome New Candidate Liaison Committee Members! - March 2021
• Improving on Our Mission: Collecting Feedback - December 2019
• Candidate Liaison Committee – Who Are We? - December 2019

Exam Experience and Process

• The Grievance Process — What It Is and How To Use It - June 2021
• Pearson “Viewed”: The First Sitting - March 2021
• CAS Exams — Beyond the Preliminaries - September 2019
• Deciding Which Exam to Take and When - June 2019
• Setting the Bar for the Minimally Qualified Candidate - December 2018
• Exam Length — From Exam Writing to Candidate Feedback - September 2018
• How Are Exam Questions Created? - June 2018
• CAS Continues to Expand Use of Integrative Questions on Spring 2018 Exams - March 2018
• Great Expectations? How MQCs Should Perform on Exams - June 2017
• Location, Location, Location - March 2017
• After the Exam: A Behind-the-Scenes Glimpse of the CAS Grading Process - March 2017

Exam Results and Surveys

• Fail Forward: Using the Exam Analysis Report - March 2020
• Why Don’t They Fix That? Exam Survey Elicits Common Questions and Concerns - March 2019

Feedback and Responses

• Early Candidate Survey Results - December 2021
• Candidate Survey Results – What the Candidates Have to Say - December 2019
• Hot Topics Survey Overview: Exams - December 2019

From the Exam Committee

• Notes on Exam Strategies from the CAS Exam Committee - September 2018

• How to Grow Your Professional Network - September 2023
• Get Started on Two Skills, Not on a Syllabus - June 2023
• Helpful advice for early career actuaries - September 2022
• Resume Writing: Tips Throughout your Career - September 2022
• Is It Still Worth Becoming an ACAS/FCAS? - September 2020
• The Risk Management of Data Science - September 2019
• Blockchain Demystified - March 2019
• Candidate Experience: Consulting Firm vs. Insurance Carrier - March 2017
• Underwriting Applications of Predictive Analytics - March 2017

Interviewing

• SECRETS to a Great Interview - September 2018
• Things to Consider Before Using a Recruiter for a Job Search - June 2017

On the Job

• Benefits and Experiences of Working in Nontraditional Actuarial Roles - December 2023
• Open Source Opens Doors - September 2023
• Have You Thanked an Actuary Today? - December 2020
• Should You Buy Insurance from Your Own Company? - March 2019
• Make Business Presentations Engaging - June 2018
• Actuaries Abroad: Living and Working in a Foreign Country - June 2017
• Spotlight on the Nontraditional Actuary: Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions - June 2017

• Learning About the CSPA - June 2018

Associateship

• Associates Voting Rights: A Brief History - June 2020

CAS Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics

• Opinion: Cheaters Gonna Cheat - March 2018
• CAS Revises Examination Discipline Policy - March 2018
• A Candidate’s Code of Ethics Playlist - June 2017

CAS Office

• Meet A CAS Staff Actuary: Mallika Bender, FCAS - September 2021
• Introducing: The New and Improved CAS Website - June 2021
• CAS Launches Three-Year Strategic Plan - March 2021
• A Few Words from the CAS Admissions Staff Actuary, Wesley Griffiths - June 2020
• Interview with Victor Carter-Bey, CEO of the CAS - March 2020

Continuing Education Policy

• Continuing Education — Know the Requirements - September 2017

Course on Professionalism

• A Sneak Peek into the Virtual Course on Professionalism - September 2021
• Educational Enhancements Ahead - March 2019

• Practical Professionalism: Following Professional Judgment as a Reserving Actuary - March 2024
• Practical Professionalism - December 2023
• AI’s Impact on Actuarial Methods and Its Transformative Potential - December 2023
• Interview with CAS President Frank Chang - December 2023
• Practical Professionalism - September 2023
• Becoming an Actuary: Career Changers’ Perspectives - June 2023
• Practical Professionalism - June 2023
• Spotlight on CAS Regional Affiliates - June 2023
• Practical Professionalism - March 2023
• Actuaries and Data Scientists: How Can We Work Together and What Can We Bring to The Table? - March 2023
• The Global Reach of the Actuarial Profession - December 2022
• Telematics: Improve your driving and lower your premium! - December 2022
• Interview with CAS President, Roosevelt Mosley - December 2022
• Reefer Madness – Current Challenges - September 2022
• Update on Actuarial Diversity Organizations: Abacus Actuaries and South Asian Network of Actuaries - September 2022
• Mental Health Check-In: My Story - June 2022
• Take the Pledge: Becoming an Actuary of the Future - June 2022
• Introducing SANA: South Asian Network of Actuaries - December 2021
• Interview with New CAS President Kathy Antonello - December 2021
• An Actuarially Sound Word Search - December 2021
• A Conversation with the Founders of the Network of Actuarial Women and Allies (NAWA) - September 2021
• Thoughts on a Home Office Setup after a Pandemic Year - June 2021
• Things All Actuarial Candidates Should Know: Crossword - June 2021
• What’s New with OLA: Programs, Initiatives, and Ways to Get Involved - March 2021
• CAS and SOA Expand the Diversity Exam Reimbursement Program for Actuarial Candidates - March 2021
• Online Exclusive: How to get ready for the next disaster - March 2021
• The Sexuality and Gender Alliance of Actuaries: How it Began and Hopes for the Future - December 2020
• Actuary To Actuary: Understanding Racism In the Workplace and How You Can Combat It - September 2020
• How to Conquer the Challenge of Choosing Perseverance - September 2020
• From Pandemics to Cyberattacks: An Introduction to Silent Risks - June 2020
• Planning for Big Changes and Reacting to a Bigger Change - June 2020
• Future Fellows Online and the CAS Website - December 2019
• Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame - September 2019
• The NAIC and SOA: What Really Happened? - September 2019
• The Sharing Economy and Insurance: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Insurance - September 2019
• Regional Affiliates - June 2019
• Feeling Like a Fraud – Impostor Syndrome in Actuaries - March 2019
• An Interview with CAS President Jim Christie - March, 2019
• Lessons Learned from the Crash Course in Vehicle Technology and Driverless Cars - December 2018
• Getting to Know the Employer Advisory Council - December 2018
• An Interview with IABA and OLA - September 2018
• Significant Moments in the History of Calculators on CAS Exams - September 2018
• The Unique Perspective of Multiple-Actuary Families - September 2017
• 10 Tips for Your First (or Second) CAS Meeting — “What I should do the same and different while attending my second meeting.” - March 2017

• Expanding the CAS Trust Scholarship - December 2019

• Attendees of the CAS Student Central Summer Program: Where Are They Now? - March 2023
• COVID-19, Cancelled Internships and the Launch of the CAS Student Central Summer Program - September 2020

• Combatting Burnout - March 2024
• How to Stay Healthy During the Study Season - September 2023
• Finding More Time in a Day: Tips and Tricks to Get Those Study Hours In - September 2022
• Study Strategies for a New Era - June 2022
• Beyond Actuarial Problems: Successful Exam Study After Graduation - March 2022
• Tips for Adapting to CBT Exams - September 2021
• Taking Two CAS Exams in One Sitting - December 2020
• Study Tips and Tricks — A Time Travel Adventure - March 2020
• Study Tips and Tricks - June 2019
• Know Your Learning Style - June 2019
• How Exam 8’s New Study Note and the Syllabus Readings Process Were Updated - September 2017

• Make an Impact: Join CAS University Outreach Efforts - March 2024
• Volunteering at any Stage of Membership in the CAS - June 2023
• The Value of Volunteering - June 2022
• The Actuarial Foundation — Math Motivators - December 2018
• Life after ACAS – Getting Involved - June 2018