Curious which company gave you the most stress, made you feel the most disrespected, or just made you question your career choices 😂
Let’s hear your actuarial horror stories.
I just took my second Capstone exam for Exam Fam on Coaching Actuaries. My actual exam is in less than 2 weeks so I was hoping to score well. I completely bombed it, I got a 18/34 and so many of the questions had a bunch of twists and turns that made the problem take so much time. I did this yesterday after work and was somewhat defeated. I woke up early today to take a practice exam from only SOA questions (I had seen a few before but didn't remember the answers) and got a 28/34 on level 6 difficulty. Has anyone else had this issue and passed? Why are the Capstone exams so difficult if that is the case?
I’m relatively new to the actuarial profession and currently working in P&C consulting.
Much of the work involves updating prior-year Excel workbooks, carrying forward formulas, and preparing data for actuarial models. While this approach is efficient, I’m wondering how analysts develop a deeper understanding of the underlying calculations and actuarial reasoning.
With tight project deadlines(100% billable), there often isn’t much time to trace formulas or investigate why certain methods and assumptions were used.
For those with more experience, how did you move from following established copying-pasting from last year’s model to developing independent actuarial judgment? Are there particular habits or approaches that helped you learn effectively while keeping up with project deadlines?
So I just interviewed with these two actuaries in a company who are responsible for recrutement. I have already met them in 2026 ASNA and had coffee chat there hence they do somewhat know about me. I have been keeping touched with one of them the whole time. 60% of the questions they asked are about my current internship and the other 40% are some very general ones like why you want to work here and where you see yourself in five years. I am not sure whether it’s a good thing or bad thing.
Long story short, I’ve ordered my official printed fellowship from CAS, but it’s done through parchment and I’m unsure if it’ll actually come in time. Does anyone know if this will be a problem and if so, any workaround that actually works? Thanks
Hello everyone, I am a junior from Korea who just learned about this wonderful field and started applying for internships.
For some context, I had 3 yrs of military service after my freshman year and returned as a sophomore. I originally aimed for consulting, but I just pivoted, so I do not have much relevant experience in actuarial work.
Any feedback would be extremely helpful!
(And yes i know putting 2 exams as sitting is diabolical but idk what else to do to demonstrate my interest in actuarial work 🥲 )
I’m mapping out my study strategy for Exam SRM and noticed that The Actuarial Nexus offers a dedicated Exam SRM program with free animated YouTube video lessons, a comprehensive manual, and a large question bank with mock exams.
I wanted to know how is it to prepare for it, the quality of questions, the depth and explanation in lectures etc. Is it good enough as a sole source of prep?
Would you retire from this profession if you had household net worth of 7.5M (no real estate), 40 yo two actuaries DINK, 120k of annual spending?
The math maths yes, but I know a lot of us do enjoy (or at least not dislike) our profession. I’m always a bit surprised how uncommon it seems to see a bit earlier retirement (before 55 yo) actuaries, given our compensations and general spending personalities (I understand this definitely differs but skewness towards certain behaviors may be true)
some people I have worked with are definitely smart. but there are some who actually never do anything but just talk their way into promotions and such. is it just a likability thing?
i say this cause some of these people just outsource every single task and then move up. i just don’t get how it hasn’t caught up to them
I recently accepted my first position so I wanted to share my experience since I feel like all I ever see on here is people talking about how impossible it is to find a job. I think I am definitely a lucky exception but I figured I could spread some hope!
For context, I started applying mid July and I’m a career changer :)
This will sustain me for at least 6 months
i have some interviews tomorrow for a retirement actuarial internship and i would love some information about what a retirement actuary actually DOES.
like what is special about retirement and what little parts of the job are different
thank you!
Written by an actuary (FIA) about an Actuary!
I recently quit my corporate job to do something in the creative field …. Webtoon.
The webtoon features two cats:
One is the CEO of judgement (Aroi)
One is suspected to be Schrödinger’s cat (Chappy)
Link is in the comments and in my profile, or search CHAPPYAROI on Webtoon Canvas.
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