The solutions for the Spring 2013 3L exam are complete, so that exam has now been added as a new sample exam in the “CAS and SOA Published Exams” section of the sample exam tab.
Here is a direct link, if you are already logged in:
http://www.theinfiniteactuary.com/pages/download.php?file=24749
The written solutions for the Fall 2012 CAS 3L exam are now posted.
They are under the Sample Exams Tab, under the CAS and SOA Published Exams item.
Here is a direct link, if you are already logged in.
http://www.theinfiniteactuary.com/pages/download.php?file=22979
We have added the lesson on Reserve Recursion from the MLC seminar into lesson B.5.3. Reserve recursion is a great tool for computing a reserve if you know the reserve at either the next time or the previous time, and the equivalence principle was used to compute the benefit premium. This is not explicitly on the 3L syllabus, but it is a short lesson and a useful tool.
If you haven’t already started taking sample exams, then you need to start immediately. Under the Sample Exams tab there are 19 old CAS/SOA published exams and 2 original TIA exams.
The most important exams are the 9 published 3L exams. Make sure you take those under strict exam conditions.
I have added the solutions to the Spring 2012 exam.
I have posted a new video in the “Before You Begin” called “You Failed, Now What?”. If you have failed 3L before and are studying again then please check this video out.
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 endeavour. 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 “Before you begin” 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 instructor, I’ve found that I answer the same question by email many times. The forum will allow me 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 my answers to 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 postive 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 “Before you begin” subject forum.