The Society of Actuaries (SOA) is a global organization that provides actuaries with professional development, education and exams, research, and a variety of other resources to promote the field of actuaries and the careers of its members. With roots going back to the 1800s, the Society of Actuaries boasts more than 34,000 members globally; the largest professional organization of its kind in the world.
The CFE 101 exam focuses on identifying, assessing, and managing risk across an entire organization. As the first course in the CERA pathway, it introduces key ERM frameworks and helps you understand how businesses evaluate risk to support strategic decision-making.
CFE 201 builds on ERM concepts by focusing on how organizations make financial decisions to achieve their goals. You’ll learn how to evaluate financial performance, apply managerial accounting insights, and use quantitative tools to guide strategic business decisions.
Introduces the fundamentals of group and health insurance, focusing on how benefit plans are designed and priced. You’ll learn how to evaluate plan provisions, calculate premiums, and apply underwriting and risk assessment techniques to real-world insurance scenarios.
The GH 201-U exam focuses on how group and health insurance products are valued and regulated in the United States. You’ll learn to interpret financial statements, understand regulatory frameworks, and analyze how government programs and healthcare systems impact insurers and plan sponsors.
The GH 201-C exam covers valuation and regulatory concepts within the Canadian healthcare and insurance system. You’ll develop skills in financial reporting under IFRS, evaluate the impact of regulation and taxation, and understand how healthcare programs and funding systems operate in Canada.
GH 301 applies actuarial and analytics techniques to healthcare data and decision-making. You’ll explore topics like provider reimbursement, risk adjustment, and predictive analytics, while also understanding how data and social factors influence healthcare costs and outcomes.
The GI 101 exam introduces the core techniques used in general insurance, focusing on how actuaries estimate claims and set premiums. You’ll learn how to work with real insurance data, project losses, and apply fundamental ratemaking and reserving methods used in property and casualty insurance.
Builds a broader understanding of how general insurance companies operate. You’ll explore financial reporting, regulation, and legal concepts, while learning how to assess an insurer’s financial health and understand the professional responsibilities of actuaries.
The GH 301 exam expands on advanced actuarial techniques used in general insurance. You’ll work with more complex topics like stochastic reserving, reinsurance, and catastrophe modeling, helping you analyze risk and uncertainty in more sophisticated real-world scenarios.
GI 302 focuses on the U.S. general insurance market, including products, regulations, and reporting standards. You’ll learn how to evaluate insurer performance and apply actuarial standards of practice within the U.S. regulatory environment.
Introduces the fundamentals of life insurance and annuity products, focusing on how they are designed, priced, and managed. You’ll learn how to set assumptions, evaluate experience, and understand key valuation and risk management concepts used across global insurance markets.
Builds on foundational concepts with a focus on U.S. valuation and risk management practices. You’ll learn how to apply valuation methods, manage capital, assess risks, and evaluate strategies for maintaining and growing life and annuity business in a U.S. regulatory environment.
Focuses on valuation and risk management in a global context. You’ll explore international capital standards, evaluate life insurance risks, and apply techniques for managing and creating value in life and annuity products across different regulatory frameworks.
The INV 101 exam introduces the fundamentals of investment strategy and portfolio construction. You’ll learn about different asset classes, how to build and manage portfolios, and key principles of risk management, including credit risk.
The INV 201 exam focuses on the tools and techniques used to value and manage financial derivatives. You’ll explore how derivatives work, how they are priced, and how they are used to manage risk in investment portfolios.
The RET 101 exam introduces the fundamentals of retirement plans and how they are structured. You’ll learn about different plan types, how benefits are determined, and the basics of accounting and funding for retirement programs.
The RET 201 exam builds on foundational concepts with a focus on valuing retirement plan obligations and managing associated risks. You’ll learn how to assess funding requirements, evaluate plan performance, and understand key risks impacting retirement systems.
RET 301 covers more advanced actuarial techniques and real-world applications in retirement systems. You’ll explore complex plan designs, risk management strategies, and how actuaries support decision-making for pension and retirement programs.
The CP 311 exam focuses on how organizations develop and execute business strategies. You’ll learn to apply strategic frameworks, evaluate financial performance, and use decision-making tools to support sustainable growth and effective management.
The CP 312 exam covers how actuarial and financial models are built, evaluated, and managed. You’ll learn to develop different types of models, understand their limitations, and apply governance practices to ensure models are reliable and effective.
Explores the design, pricing, and valuation of long-duration health and disability products. You’ll learn how these products are structured, how to calculate rates, and how to evaluate financial performance and risk
Focuses on how reinsurance is used to manage risk in life insurance. You’ll learn about different reinsurance structures, how risk is transferred, and how these arrangements are regulated and managed in practice.
Introduces the principles of managing financial risk between assets and liabilities. You’ll learn how to measure these risks and apply strategies to ensure organizations can meet their financial obligations.
The DMAC module is the final e-learning component for the Society of Actuaries (SOA) FSA designation, focusing on applying actuarial knowledge to business problems, communication, and decision-making. focuses on developing the communication and decision-making skills essential for actuarial work. You’ll learn how to clearly present complex ideas, analyze business problems, and deliver recommendations through both written and oral formats, culminating in a practical project.
The FAC serves as the final step in achieving the FSA designation, focusing on real-world professional skills. You’ll develop your ability to navigate complex business situations, apply ethical judgment, and communicate effectively, while gaining practical insights to support your transition into a fully credentialed actuary.
Introduces the fundamentals of probability, a key building block for actuarial work. You’ll learn how to measure uncertainty and model risk using concepts like distributions, expected values, and univariate and multivariate random variables.
The FM Exam focuses on the time value of money and how financial transactions are evaluated over time. You’ll develop a strong understanding of interest theory, including compound interest, annuities, loans, and inflation, essential tools for financial decision-making.
The Pre-Actuarial Foundations (PAF) e-learning module provides a practical introduction to the actuarial profession, focusing on the core concepts and skills needed for long-term success. It explores the role of actuaries in real-world settings, offering insight into their day-to-day responsibilities and decision-making processes. The module also emphasizes the importance of professional and interpersonal skills—such as communication and emotional intelligence.
The Fundamentals of Actuarial Mathematics (FAM) Exam introduces the core actuarial techniques used in modeling insurance risks. You’ll explore ratemaking, reserving, and contingent payment models, building the foundation for how actuaries analyze short-term financial risks.
Expands on long-term actuarial models, focusing on more advanced applications of contingent payment models. This exam builds on prior knowledge to help you analyze and manage long-duration financial risks, such as life insurance and pensions.
The Advanced Short-Term Actuarial Mathematics (ASTAM) focuses on advanced methods for modeling short-term insurance risks. You’ll deepen your understanding of ratemaking and reserving techniques by applying actuarial models to real-world scenarios in areas such as property and casualty insurance.
Introduces statistical and predictive modeling techniques used to analyze data. You’ll work with tools like regression, time series, and machine learning methods to identify patterns and select appropriate models for risk analysis.
The Actuarial Science Foundations (ASF) e-learning module brings actuarial concepts to life through real-world applications and practical examples. It demonstrates how core principles are applied in the day-to-day work of actuaries, helping candidates connect theory to practice. By incorporating scenarios from a variety of geographic regions, the module also offers a global perspective on actuarial work, highlighting how practices and approaches can vary across different markets.
Applies data science and analytics to real business problems. You’ll learn how to interpret model results, communicate insights, and make recommendations, bridging the gap between technical analysis and business decision-making.
A hands-on, project-based assessment where you apply your analytics skills to a real-world business problem. You’ll analyze a dataset, develop a solution, and present your findings in a professional report, mirroring the work actuaries do on the job.
The Fundamentals of Actuarial Practice (FAP) e-learning course connects actuarial theory to real-world practice through applied examples and scenarios. It equips candidates with the ability to apply core principles and practical techniques across a range of actuarial practice areas, building the skills needed to analyze problems and make informed professional decisions.
Founded in 1914, the CAS is the world's only actuarial organization focused exclusively on property and casualty risks and serves over 11,000 members worldwide. The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) is a leading international organization for credentialing and professional education. CAS members are experts in property and casualty insurance, reinsurance, finance, risk management and enterprise risk management. Professionals educated by the CAS empower businesses and government to make well-informed strategic, financial and operational decisions.
Introduces the fundamentals of probability, a key building block for actuarial work. You’ll learn how to measure uncertainty and model risk using concepts like distributions, expected values, and univariate and multivariate random variables.
Exam FM focuses on the time value of money and how financial transactions are evaluated over time. You’ll develop a strong understanding of interest theory, including compound interest, annuities, loans, and inflation, essential tools for financial decision-making.
MAS-I builds a strong statistical foundation for actuarial modeling. You’ll learn key techniques like regression, time series, and survival models, along with stochastic processes—developing the skills needed to analyze data and model risk in insurance settings.
MAS-II expands on statistical modeling with more advanced and practical techniques. You’ll explore credibility theory, Bayesian methods, simulation, and machine learning approaches, helping you apply modern data-driven methods to real actuarial problems.
The CAS 5 Exam focuses on the core techniques used in property and casualty insurance. You’ll learn how to analyze loss data, estimate reserves, and develop pricing strategies, applying actuarial methods to real-world insurance scenarios.
The PCPA Exam focuses on applying modern predictive analytics techniques to real-world property and casualty insurance problems. Building on concepts from statistical learning and modeling, this exam tests your ability to select appropriate models, interpret results, and communicate insights in a business context.
Covers the Canadian regulatory and financial reporting environment for insurers. You’ll learn how companies are regulated, how financial results are reported, and the professional responsibilities actuaries hold within the Canadian system.
The CAS 6 US Exam focuses on the U.S. insurance regulatory framework and financial reporting requirements. You’ll learn about statutory accounting, taxation, and reinsurance, along with the actuary’s role in ensuring accurate and compliant financial reporting.
The CAS 7 Exam builds on reserving concepts with more advanced techniques for estimating insurance liabilities. You’ll explore stochastic methods, variability in results, and how actuaries assess risk and uncertainty in unpaid claims.
The CAS 8 Exam develops more sophisticated pricing techniques used in insurance. You’ll learn how to model risk, refine classification systems, and incorporate reinsurance and capital considerations into pricing decisions.
The CAS 9 Exam connects financial theory with insurance applications. You’ll learn how insurers manage capital, evaluate investment risk, and determine appropriate rates of return to support long-term financial stability.
The Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA), the qualifying and governing body of the actuarial profession in Canada, develops and upholds rigorous standards, shares risk management expertise, and advances actuarial science to improve lives in Canada and worldwide. With more than 6,000 members, extensive knowledge of math, statistics, data analytics, and business is applied to provide high-quality services and advice, helping Canadian people and organizations face the future with confidence.
The CIA Capstone Exam is the final milestone for earning your Associate (ACIA) designation. This is a practical, real-world assessment that brings together everything you’ve learned throughout your actuarial studies. Instead of focusing on technical calculations, the Capstone challenges you to think like a professional actuary, analyzing a business problem, making recommendations, and clearly communicating your results.
The F1PC exam tests your understanding of pricing in property and casualty (P&C) insurance. Questions focus on estimating key components of a technical price, applying pricing techniques in practical scenarios, and assessing how pricing decisions relate to broader business areas such as planning, reserves, and capital. You’ll also be asked to evaluate scenarios and recommend appropriate pricing actions based on your analysis.
The F1RET exam tests your understanding of retirement benefits and pension plans. Questions focus on funding and administration, including regulations, professional standards, and governance. You’ll be asked to apply these concepts in practical scenarios, evaluate different situations, and use judgment to recommend appropriate actions related to pension plan management.
The F2RET exam tests your understanding of pension financial reporting and accounting principles. Questions focus on applying accounting standards to pension plans, including the measurement, valuation, and disclosure of pension obligations and costs. You'll be asked to analyze realistic financial reporting scenarios, interpret accounting requirements, and use professional judgment to determine appropriate pension accounting treatments.
VEE (Validation by Educational Experience) requirements are part of the credentialing process for both the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society. They ensure candidates have a strong foundation in key business topics that complement the technical actuarial exams. VEE credits are earned outside of the exam system through approved college coursework or alternative providers. The three required areas — Economics, Accounting & Finance, and Mathematical Statistics — help build the practical knowledge actuaries need to apply their skills in real-world business settings.
These VEE exams evaluate your understanding of accounting and finance concepts. The exam focuses on interpreting financial statements, applying key accounting principles, and analyzing financial concepts such as valuation, capital structure, and corporate finance decisions.
These two VEE topic tests your understanding of economic principles at both the micro and macro levels. This exam focuses on concepts such as supply and demand, market behavior, inflation, interest rates, and economic growth, as well as your ability to apply these ideas to real-world economic scenarios.
This VEE topic tests your understanding of mathematical statistics. This exam focuses on concepts such as estimation, hypothesis testing, and regression, along with your ability to analyze data and apply statistical methods in practical scenarios.
EA (Enrolled Actuary) exams are part of the credentialing process administered by the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries and are required to become an Enrolled Actuary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. These exams focus specifically on pension and retirement plan expertise, covering topics such as plan funding, regulations, and actuarial assumptions. Unlike the Society of Actuaries or Casualty Actuarial Society exam tracks, the EA pathway is specialized for actuaries working with U.S. retirement plans and is essential for those who want to sign actuarial filings for pension plans.
EA-1 is your introduction to the mathematical foundation of pension actuarial work. The exam focuses on key concepts such as compound interest, annuities, and life contingencies, as well as basic demographic measures used in retirement plans. This is a first step if you’re interested in actuarial work related to retirement and benefits.
EA-2 Segment L covers the legal and regulatory framework governing pension plans. You’ll gain an understanding of ERISA and related laws, helping you navigate compliance and protect the interests of plan participants.
Covers the legal and regulatory framework governing pension plans. The exam focuses on ERISA and related laws, including compliance requirements, fiduciary responsibilities, and protections for plan participants, providing the context needed to understand how pension plans are regulated.
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) is the UK's only chartered professional body dedicated to educating, developing and regulating actuaries based both in the UK and internationally. The IFoA regulates and represents over 34,000 members worldwide, overseeing their actuarial education at all stages of qualification and development throughout their careers. The IFoA sets examinations, continuing professional development, professional codes and disciplinary standards for our members.
Builds the statistical foundation needed for actuarial modelling and data analysis. You’ll learn about probability distributions, data analysis, statistical inference, regression models, and Bayesian statistics, while applying these concepts using R programming.
Expands your statistical and predictive modelling skills with a focus on risk, uncertainty, and real-world actuarial applications. You’ll study stochastic processes, survival analysis, time series modelling, regression techniques, graduation methods, and an introduction to machine learning, while applying concepts to real data using R.
Develops the mathematical foundations used in actuarial modelling and financial risk analysis. You’ll learn how to model and value cash flows for insurance and financial products using interest theory, survival models, and deterministic actuarial techniques, while also applying concepts to real-world data using Excel.
Introduces stochastic actuarial modelling and the mathematics used to analyze financial risk and uncertainty. You’ll study topics such as financial markets, asset-liability modelling, risk measures, insurance reserves, and derivative pricing, while applying concepts to real-world data using Excel.
The CB1 Exam introduces the core concepts of corporate finance and financial reporting. You’ll learn how businesses raise and manage money, analyze financial statements, evaluate company performance, and understand topics like investments, profitability, leverage, and mergers and acquisitions.
Builds your understanding of economics and how markets and governments influence business decisions. You’ll study topics like supply and demand, inflation, unemployment, economic growth, consumer behavior, and international trade, with applications in both microeconomics and macroeconomics.
The CB3 Business Management assessment is designed to help enhance your knowledge of key business practice to support you in navigating the environment in which you work. As your professional responsibilities grow, you will become better equipped to tackle business-related challenges.
Brings together the core concepts from actuarial science, finance, economics, and statistics to solve real-world business problems. You’ll learn how actuaries assess risk, make strategic recommendations, and apply actuarial thinking in financial services and broader commercial settings.
Focuses on building, testing, and communicating actuarial models used to solve real-world business problems. You’ll develop practical modelling skills using spreadsheets and learn how to clearly explain your methods, assumptions, and results in a professional setting.
Focuses on communicating complex actuarial and technical concepts clearly to a non-technical audience. You’ll develop skills in written communication, learning how to explain key issues, present recommendations, and tailor your message using clear language and appropriate formats.
Understand in detail the main principles that are relevant to the provision of health and care benefits, including the main products that are sold, the methods of valuation, and the main methods of actuarial management and control that are relevant to health and care business.
Develops a deeper understanding of life insurance products and the actuarial techniques used to manage them. You’ll study pricing, valuation, profit analysis, risk management, and the role actuaries play in monitoring and managing life insurance business operations.
Develops advanced knowledge of investments, financial markets, and risk management from an actuarial perspective. You’ll study portfolio management, asset valuation, investment strategies, derivatives, and the role actuaries play in managing financial and investment risk.
Focuses on the valuation and risk management of financial derivatives and complex financial instruments. You’ll study topics such as options, futures, swaps, hedging strategies, and stochastic modelling, with an emphasis on how actuaries manage financial market risk.
Focuses on the actuarial techniques used to estimate insurance liabilities and assess financial risk for general insurers. You’ll study reserving methods, capital modelling, reinsurance, solvency requirements, and how actuaries help insurers remain financially secure.
Focuses on the actuarial techniques used to price general insurance products and manage insurance risk. You’ll apply statistical, financial, and economic concepts to analyze claims experience, assess profitability, and support sound pricing decisions for general insurers.
Explores how organizations identify, assess, and manage risk across all areas of business. You’ll learn about risk frameworks, governance, financial and operational risks, and the role actuaries play in supporting strategic decision-making and long-term business stability.
IAI is a statutory body established under The Actuaries Act 2006 (35 of 2006) for regulation of the profession of Actuaries in India. The provisions of the said Act have come into force from 10th day of November 2006, in terms of the notification dated 8th November 2006, issued by the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs. The Head Office of the Institute is at Seawoods, Navi Mumbai.
Builds the statistical foundation needed for actuarial modelling and data analysis. You’ll learn about probability distributions, data analysis, statistical inference, regression models, and Bayesian statistics, while applying these concepts using R programming.
Expands your statistical and predictive modelling skills with a focus on risk, uncertainty, and real-world actuarial applications. You’ll study stochastic processes, survival analysis, time series modelling, regression techniques, graduation methods, and an introduction to machine learning, while applying concepts to real data using R.
Develops the mathematical foundations used in actuarial modelling and financial risk analysis. You’ll learn how to model and value cash flows for insurance and financial products using interest theory, survival models, and deterministic actuarial techniques, while also applying concepts to real-world data using Excel.
Introduces stochastic actuarial modelling and the mathematics used to analyze financial risk and uncertainty. You’ll study topics such as financial markets, asset-liability modelling, risk measures, insurance reserves, and derivative pricing, while applying concepts to real-world data using Excel.
Builds the statistical foundation needed for actuarial modelling and data analysis. You’ll learn about probability distributions, data analysis, statistical inference, regression models, and Bayesian statistics, while applying these concepts using R programming.
Builds your understanding of economics and how markets and governments influence business decisions. You’ll study topics like supply and demand, inflation, unemployment, economic growth, consumer behavior, and international trade, with applications in both microeconomics and macroeconomics.
The CB3 Business Management assessment is designed to help enhance your knowledge of key business practice to support you in navigating the environment in which you work. As your professional responsibilities grow, you will become better equipped to tackle business-related challenges.
Brings together the core concepts from actuarial science, finance, economics, and statistics to solve real-world business problems. You’ll learn how actuaries assess risk, make strategic recommendations, and apply actuarial thinking in financial services and broader commercial settings.
Focuses on building, testing, and communicating actuarial models used to solve real-world business problems. You’ll develop practical modelling skills using spreadsheets and learn how to clearly explain your methods, assumptions, and results in a professional setting.
Focuses on communicating complex actuarial and technical concepts clearly to a non-technical audience. You’ll develop skills in written communication, learning how to explain key issues, present recommendations, and tailor your message using clear language and appropriate formats.
Understand in detail the main principles that are relevant to the provision of health and care benefits, including the main products that are sold, the methods of valuation, and the main methods of actuarial management and control that are relevant to health and care business.
Develops a deeper understanding of life insurance products and the actuarial techniques used to manage them. You’ll study pricing, valuation, profit analysis, risk management, and the role actuaries play in monitoring and managing life insurance business operations.
Develops advanced knowledge of investments, financial markets, and risk management from an actuarial perspective. You’ll study portfolio management, asset valuation, investment strategies, derivatives, and the role actuaries play in managing financial and investment risk.
Focuses on the valuation and risk management of financial derivatives and complex financial instruments. You’ll study topics such as options, futures, swaps, hedging strategies, and stochastic modelling, with an emphasis on how actuaries manage financial market risk.
Focuses on the actuarial techniques used to estimate insurance liabilities and assess financial risk for general insurers. You’ll study reserving methods, capital modelling, reinsurance, solvency requirements, and how actuaries help insurers remain financially secure.
Focuses on the actuarial techniques used to price general insurance products and manage insurance risk. You’ll apply statistical, financial, and economic concepts to analyze claims experience, assess profitability, and support sound pricing decisions for general insurers.
Explores how organizations identify, assess, and manage risk across all areas of business. You’ll learn about risk frameworks, governance, financial and operational risks, and the role actuaries play in supporting strategic decision-making and long-term business stability.
IAI is a statutory body established under The Actuaries Act 2006 (35 of 2006) for regulation of the profession of Actuaries in India. The provisions of the said Act have come into force from 10th day of November 2006, in terms of the notification dated 8th November 2006, issued by the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs. The Head Office of the Institute is at Seawoods, Navi Mumbai.
Builds the statistical foundation needed for actuarial modelling and data analysis. You’ll learn about probability distributions, data analysis, statistical inference, regression models, and Bayesian statistics, while applying these concepts using R programming.
Builds your understanding of economics and how markets and governments influence business decisions. You’ll study topics like supply and demand, inflation, unemployment, economic growth, consumer behavior, and international trade, with applications in both microeconomics and macroeconomics.
The CB1 Exam introduces the core concepts of corporate finance and financial reporting. You’ll learn how businesses raise and manage money, analyze financial statements, evaluate company performance, and understand topics like investments, profitability, leverage, and mergers and acquisitions.
Develops the mathematical foundations used in actuarial modelling and financial risk analysis. You’ll learn how to model and value cash flows for insurance and financial products using interest theory, survival models, and deterministic actuarial techniques, while also applying concepts to real-world data using Excel.
Introduces stochastic actuarial modelling and the mathematics used to analyze financial risk and uncertainty. You’ll study topics such as financial markets, asset-liability modelling, risk measures, insurance reserves, and derivative pricing, while applying concepts to real-world data using Excel.
Develops the mathematical foundations used in actuarial modelling and financial risk analysis. You’ll learn how to model and value cash flows for insurance and financial products using interest theory, survival models, and deterministic actuarial techniques, while also applying concepts to real-world data using Excel.
Introduces stochastic actuarial modelling and the mathematics used to analyze financial risk and uncertainty. You’ll study topics such as financial markets, asset-liability modelling, risk measures, insurance reserves, and derivative pricing, while applying concepts to real-world data using Excel.
Focuses on communicating complex actuarial and technical concepts clearly to a non-technical audience. You’ll develop skills in written communication, learning how to explain key issues, present recommendations, and tailor your message using clear language and appropriate formats.
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