Actuarial Examinations

Actuarial examinations in North America are offered in a series by the following two major actuarial organizations:

Casualty Actuarial Society, 1100 North Glebe Road, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22201
Telephone: 1-703-276-3100, Fax: 1-703-276-3108
World Wide Web Uniform Resource Locator: http://www.casact.org

Society of Actuaries, 475 North Martingale Road, Suite 800, Schaumburg, IL 60173
Telephone: 1-847-706-3500, Fax: 1-847-706-3599
World Wide Web Uniform Resource Locator: http://www.soa.org

Note also that there is also an Internet discussion list ACTSCI-L for teachers, researchers, and students of actuarial science. To join, send the following message
SUBSCRIBE ACTSCI-L Your real name (put your name here, don't copy this!)
to: listserv@unl.edu.

There is currently a debate on reforming the syllabus of the Society of Actuaries examinations. Materials related to that debate are available on the World Wide Web:

  • Report to the Membership of the Society of Actuaries: http://www.beckley.com/actuary/reptomem.htm
  • Overview of the new proposed system: http://www.beckley.com/actuary/desover.htm

    • A complete description of all examinations is given in catalogues published by the Society of Actuaries and Casualty Actuarial Society.