Due to the hurricane on the east coast, the CAS will have to reschedule some of the test center days. Please watch the CAS website for updated information. Please note that as of 10pm tonight, we can no longer discuss this exam, in emails or on the forum. Please also refrain from discussing the exam until all students have taken the exam.
We will extend access as needed when we know more information about the delays.
For those that haven’t seen it, I posted a set of new questions in the Additional Material tab. This set includes some questions we discussed at the live seminar and a couple of extras. We have also added all of Angelo’s new problems from all his manuals combined. This is posted for each of his sections, as well as the total combined. This is in case you just want to download the new problems to glance at during the last few study days. Good luck and keep working until the exam comes (but make sure to get some sleep 
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In the “Additional Material” tab, we have posted the 2012 practice exam in the additional problems section. Here, you will also find the combined new problems for regulation/gov’t and reinsurance accounting. This year, I added these to the individual study manuals. However, many students requested that I put them back into one document for studying since it was all memorization material.
I have added some exhibits and a new video for Blanchard Reinsurance.
I have corrected a typo in the Miceli notes. B.2.b. • Injurer will ignore the litigation costs incurred by those victims who do file suit. This also is corrected in the revised past exam problem.
I plan on finishing the last couple of rein acct / reg / gov’t videos next week. I am working on creating slides similar to our revised MLC online seminar. I believe the new style will work better with this memorization type material.
We have updated the “Download All” so that the manuals and notecards are downloaded in order.
We are very excited to announce the launch of the TIA forum!
In the past, using TIA to study for exams has been a relatively solitary endeavor. You watched the videos, worked the problems, and occasionally emailed your instructor for assistance. If you prefer to learn that way, then don’t worry, you can still do it that way. Think of the forum as an additional (and optional) way to enhance your learning. You might just browse other student’s questions, and decide to give it a try later on.
Although a few TIA members have gone out of their way to interact with others by posting on the Actuarial Outpost or other public forums, the TIA forum makes it incredibly easy for all of us to interact with other members. Any time you have a question or a topic for discussion, you can immediately enter the subject forum and make your post. Everyone else that is subscribed to the seminar will see that there is a new post in that subject forum, and can respond immediately, seconding or answering your topic. Watch the short video posted in the “Introduction” section of the course to see how the forum works.
Making your experience at TIA more interactive will result in much more powerful and effective learning. But another terrific aspect of the forum is that it will act as a growing and changing knowledge base of answered questions. As your instructors, We’ve found that we answer the same question by email many times. The forum will allow us to post answers to questions in a way that will remain readily available to all seminar users. After a while, you’ll find answers to many of your questions instantly in the forum, instead of needing an email response.
But the forums aren’t just for us to answer questions. As you probably know, there is no better way to test your knowledge than to try to answer the questions that other learners ask. You should try to answer the questions that other members post as often as you can. Other members can chime in to ask more about your answer too, and I’ll be keeping an eye on things to make sure that all the questions receive accurate and useful responses.
As always, we want your learning experience here at TIA to be a positive one. When interacting with each other on the web, please be sure to maintain a cheerful attitude and encourage your fellow learners. Feel free to immediately flag any post that you feel would discourage anyone from interacting.
The forum is open now, so go ahead and watch the introduction video and get started! You could start by introducing yourself in the “Introduction” subject forum.
Updated from below…
Schwartzman and Ross will be posted today. Feldblum, and NAIC Solvency will be mid-July.
I will add some new videos for the new readings and add/edit a few for some old readings in July. In August, I will add some more difficult problems, at the Bloom’s Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation levels.
Ken
Edited on July 15 to update Feldblum and NAIC Solvency completion date.
The manuals for the Government and Reinsurance Accounting sections will be updated by June 20 and the Regulation section readings from 2011 updated by June 29. Schwartzman and Ross, Feldblum, and NAIC Solvency will be ready mid-July.
I will add some new videos for the new readings and add/edit a few for some old readings in July. In August, I will add some more difficult problems, at the Bloom’s Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation levels.
Ken
The Williams study manual that was posted was the incorrect file. I have updated this with the correct version of Williams.
I will be posting the study manuals for A.M. Best 1 and Blanchard Reinsurance on Saturday. Freihaut & Vendetti with FAS 113 will be posted next week. I am working on new videos also. This will be posted in late July and early August. (updated 7-16-2012)
We are adding the notecards as they are completed. They will be posted over the next several weeks.
Good luck studying.
Ken
Welcome to the new CAS Exam 6 US. We are working to update all of the material. We are opening registration, but note that we are still working on updates. Most of the videos and mp3s are posted, but we are working on updating the manuals and adding the new material. We will be working on this throughout May and June. When completed, we will have the following materials:
• 70+ video lessons totaling approximately 32 hours of lecture
• Study manual with outlines of each reading
• Practice problems from past exams and newly written problems
• A full length practice exam
• Instructor support to answer any questions you have
• Access to the videos anywhere you have cell reception if you have a Smart Phone
• Downloadable MP3 audio recordings of the lessons
• Excellent customer service
We will also be holding a live seminar in downtown Chicago at the Gleacher Center from August 29 – September 2.
For now, take a break. Let your brain rest. Start fresh after Memorial Day weekend.