News

The CAS expects to release all results for the April/May 2022 sitting on or before June 24, 2022.

In September 2021, in conjunction with the release of the Admissions Transformation Plan, and motivated heavily by candidate feedback, staff and volunteer input, the decision was made to remove the guessing penalty. Effective with the Fall 2022 exam sittings, the guessing penalty for exams MAS-I and MAS-II will be eliminated.

The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) announced a new Online Course on Data Concepts in a December news post outlining changes to CAS’s 2023 credentialing requirements. This new course will provide candidates with P&C industry knowledge and data skills that will prepare them with job-ready capabilities for entry-level actuarial positions.

The upcoming April/May exam sitting will introduce a new essay response question type. In addition, we will now have questions that use more spreadsheet functionality; however, knowledge of specific spreadsheet formulas will not be required.

Future Fellows is a quarterly newsletter from the Candidate Advocate Working Group. Read the latest edition here!

The Exam Working Group needs volunteers for question writing for Exam 6U. Question writing will take place over the next 2 months. No travel is required, although there is an in-person summit if interested.

Spring 2022 grading will once again have an optional, in-person session! We look forward to the opportunity of seeing you in person again!