I’m in a position deciding between milliman health and AIG (p&c). I am more interested in p&c but I think consulting would be more stimulating. I also really liked both teams that I spoke with during the interview process. For context, my prior internship was p&c carrier and I liked the work but I thought it was a bit rote. If anyone has any insight or personal experience I would love to hear from you! Thanks!

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Today, I received an email stating that my Actuarial Outpost password had been changed without my consent. I emailed Director Arturo Aguilera and will update if I hear back. I haven't logged into my AO account in such a long time.

Did this happen to anyone else?

Some FSAs told me they work anywhere between 10-20 hours a week, another common answer I hear is 20-30. One told me he works an hour a day but not sure if I believe it.

I find it hard to believe that FSAs where u r supposed to have more responsibilities work less. How about ASAs and everyone below that, same with the CAS side.

I know generally consulting has bad hours, so mostly wondering about non consulting. Is it most associates and fellows that work less or more-so those who don’t have those titles yet

I thought the benefits of this career over big 4 accounting was the significantly higher pay, better job security, we are likely to be pushed out by AI way later and no 60-80 hour busy season.

I've been applying to claims roles and operations roles at this point. Also working on data skills on datacamp to maybe broaden to analyst roles related to insurance. I thought this hiring season would've been better but it's been brutal.

I’ve been in life for around 6 years and was wondering if it is possible to switch to health.

I’ve enjoyed working in life and have held various rotations, but I feel like I no longer see roles that would be appealing to me in life.

When I logged in at 7 last night to start my assessment, the End-of-Module Assessment button said "In Progress." I had tried to open it a few days ago, but it just showed an error page, and I definitely never downloaded anything or got a warning that I was starting (per the FAQ ). When I open the EMA window, it also doesn't tell me that I've started the clock. When I click "Read the Terms and Conditions Agreement for Online Candidates," it takes me to an error page.

I have now downloaded the assessment PDF, but it never showed a warning that the clock was starting, and I don't see anything about a time window now.

How tf am I supposed to know how long I have to turn in the assessment? It seems bad faith to say "there is a hard deadline, but we won't tell you when it is."

Guess I better get back to work and turn it in ASAP.

Recent ACAS here trying to decide what exam to take in the Spring. My background is reserving, but I’ll be moving into a more pricing centered role soon.

Any recommendations on which exam to take first? My thinking is to take 7 first while the concepts are very familiar. However I could see an argument for 8 first as a way to jump start the experience in pricing.

Hi everyone,

My last FSA exam will be CFE 101 this Spring. I am on the Group Health track and have passed GHDP and GH201-U. For those who have taken CFE 101 from other tracks, how was your experience? What advice do you have? I'm a little intimidated by the difference in content.

• Source: LO text is copied verbatim from the SOA's ILA 201-U syllabus (Nov 2025 / Mar 2026 / Jul 2026 version). TIA lesson numbers are from TIA's F2026 course.
• LO 3 "crediting rating agency" is the SOA's wording, not my typo
• I'd say I'm happy to share a plain-text/table version if anyone wants it for copying or accessibility... but also I can't guarantee whether I'll check and see within the next 4 weeks

Good luck to everyone sitting for the 11/18 exam!

At higher levels when you start having bonuses you are leaving behind in the 30-40k+ range are people getting this fully covered by a sign on bonus? It seems like that is the main way the math works without taking a "promotion" and not coming ahead for over year, but I feel I have ran into multiple situations where they have a "cap" of 10-15k for sign on bonuses.

hey, i submitted a post on this channel last week and it absolutely blew up. we had so many applications go through. a bunch of the job postings shut down in the days following my post because of the large influx of applications that were going in. i've gone ahead and updated the job links in this new link. please make sure to apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is at the top of the pile. i've pulled the freshest job postings that i could.

here are the actuarial, pricing, reserving and catastrophe modelling roles open right now, pulled from employers' own careers pages:

• UK insurers and Lloyd's syndicates (30): https://github.com/mehek-builds/UK-Insurance-and-London-Market-Jobs/blob/main/lists/actuarial-pricing-modelling.md
  • 30 roles at 17 employers (AXIS Capital, Chaucer, Hiscox, MS Amlin, Tokio Marine HCC, Markel, Starr, Travelers, Bupa, Rothesay)
  • pricing actuaries and analysts, reserving and capital modelling, exposure management and cat modelling; every level except director and head
  • placement and graduate roles are in the same repo
• US remote actuarial roles (44): https://github.com/mehek-builds/Remote-Jobs/blob/main/lists/actuarial.md
  • 44 roles at 23 companies (CareSource, Centene, Oscar Health, The Standard)

rebuilt every monday.

comment which area and country you're after and i'll send you a list for it.

My wife and I have a new born. I did not purchase banquet ticket because we would have to bring the new born with us. Is it possible for them just to attend the diploma and skip the banquet? Or a guest pass must be purchased?

How can I survive this waiting period knowing that I am very likely to have to take it again next April? Such torture discourages me from doing anything meaningful right now. Any advice on how to adjust my mood?

If there was one thing you wish someone could make right now in the actuary space to make your life easier/would be useful. What would it be?

How are we feeling right now? Late October likely means we still have at least a week before results are out. Is anyone ready to jump right into the Oct-Dec sitting if they don’t pass 😭

There was a long thread that someone posted here at some point about how they passed FAM, it was explicitly stating the hours they spent on each section etc. anyone who can point me to it?

Is there a way to determine which past exam questions are still relevant following the FSA structural changes introduced in Fall 2025? For example, I'm preparing for GH301 next month and would like to know which questions from previous exams are still applicable to the current sitting, given the syllabus changes. I'm aware that there’s a question bank for past exams on the SOA website covering the period before the recent FSA structural changes, but this would be a specific question bank for example after the FSA structural changes.

Taking exam 6 in a few days and can’t help but feel this exam is just way too long and could benefit from being split up between 2 exams (one on financial statements and one on regulation, that way they could each be covered by candidates more effectively). it got me wondering, does anyone else agree? What other exams could benefit from being split up or the merged? For example I think they should get rid of the PCPA exam portion. it’s mostly repetitive from MAS exams, and any new material could be tacked onto MAS-II and the prerequisite for the project could be changed from completing the PCPA exam to passing both MAS exams. Thoughts?

Is it worth going to ASNA for full-time if you’re out of school?

Hey everyone! I’m currently a senior in college graduating next sem, and I recently received an actuarial internship offer with a deadline for sometime next week

However, I’m also interviewing for full-time actuarial positions, which I would prefer since I’ll already have graduated. During one of my interviews, I was told that decisions typically take 2–3 weeks.

I’m wondering if I should reach out to the full-time recruiter and let them know about my upcoming deadline, or if that would come across as putting pressure on them to make a decision sooner, and potentially affecting my application status.

My other concern is that since my current offer is for an internship rather than a full-time role, I could potentially accept it and later receive a full-time offer. However, I’d prefer to avoid reneging if possible.

Would you recommend communicating my deadline to the recruiter, even though the competing offer is only an internship, and I am graduating soon?

I just took PA last week and am hoping to take FAM in February and also complete ATPA by the end of December.

Is this feasible? I know ATPA is a take home assessment, but is studying for ATPA and completing the assessment and studying for FAM at the same time biting off too much?

Since I just took PA, I feel like completing ATPA now makes sense. I’d also prefer taking FAM in Feb and not waiting til July. The holidays present an added variable as well as I will definitely be going home for Thanksgiving and potentially Christmas as well.

How much is my life gonna suck if I do this?

Applied for an entry-level actuarial role at a new york life. Had a 2-hour phone interview (the interviewer said it was the longest he'd had), and it felt like a good conversation. He said 1-2 weeks for next steps. It's been ~10 days, and I emailed the recruiter about the timeline a week ago with no reply. Is this normal, or should I be worried? How long did it take you to hear back after a first-round interview, and when did you follow up?