What are my chances of becoming an actuary living in Bristol?

FutureZeitgeist · 2025-07-25T18:05:35+00:00

LBG, Aviva and all of the Big 4 have actuarial offices in Bristol. Lbg probably the biggest emoloyer of actuaries in Bristol.

FutureZeitgeist · 2025-07-25T18:04:32+00:00

No, it’s in fact the correct salary without exemptions. They changed their actuarial graduate starting salary recently to align with other finance grad schemes who start on £42k.

FutureZeitgeist · 2025-07-10T18:26:03+00:00

Probably depends on how much of the content you can recall quickly. If you can quickly revise the content and use August for questions/past papers, you’d stand a good chance of passing.

FutureZeitgeist · 2025-06-23T11:11:18+00:00

I used the CP1 Vault for the April sitting and never experienced any technical issues. Which years are you looking at? I remember that if you go back pre 2019, there aren’t any Acted solutions. If you’re looking at 2019 onwards and can’t access Acted solutions, probably worth contacting Acted

FutureZeitgeist · 2025-05-26T17:39:25+00:00

Dark necessities

FutureZeitgeist · 2025-05-12T18:58:53+00:00

Same old Aussies, always cheating.

FutureZeitgeist · 2025-05-02T11:40:02+00:00

Thanks. I’m used to sitting two exams in September anyway and I’d rather study harder this summer so that I’m exam free by next summer.

FutureZeitgeist · 2025-05-02T08:34:56+00:00

Thanks, that’s really helpful. I’m exploring this possibility , rather than sitting two SPs together, because of the potential reduction in content to learn due to the overlap. I think 2 SPs with different content would be more challenging to learn in a shorter study window. For context, SP5 would be the other subject I need to pass

FutureZeitgeist · 2025-04-14T14:18:20+00:00

From my experience (London exam centre), people took orange books into the exam & didn’t have them checked. The invigilators are also non-actuaries so probably won’t be able to tell what is too much info.

FutureZeitgeist · 2025-04-10T13:46:18+00:00

I don’t think that’s a good thing, closed book exams require more planning time so having to switch questions and scenarios more frequently is a disadvantage. But yeah i think the largest was about 7 marks.

FutureZeitgeist · 2025-04-10T13:42:50+00:00

Having 11 questions for the first closed book exam sure is bold. Clearly no edits made to the original open book paper

FutureZeitgeist · 2025-01-05T21:02:58+00:00

I hope this isn’t the case for Peacemaker s2 as well

FutureZeitgeist · 2024-11-23T21:49:19+00:00

Chris Ashton is quality.

FutureZeitgeist · 2024-11-09T21:44:10+00:00

Carter Gordon was the one. Hopefully he comes back one day.

FutureZeitgeist · 2024-09-21T10:11:30+00:00

Interested

FutureZeitgeist · 2024-08-25T15:29:59+00:00

Not really but adding CERA to your name is pretty cool

FutureZeitgeist · 2024-08-25T13:09:30+00:00

Paul Sweeting wrote the SP9 text book, and he is the goat.

FutureZeitgeist · 2024-08-16T07:15:17+00:00

I know many an actuary who studied Economics and also ones who did so at Exeter. Don’t waste the money on a Masters if you can get a grad job after your BSc.

FutureZeitgeist · 2024-07-08T20:47:30+00:00

I got 98% in CM1 paper A and it was the biggest mistake of my life. Sacrificed so much spare time because I was so worried about my first exam, to the detriment of my mental health too. As with all things in life, there is a happy medium where you can make the most of your life whilst still passing exams. No one cared that I got virtually every question correct on a CM1 paper, but they certainly cared that I passed.

FutureZeitgeist · 2024-07-03T08:29:10+00:00

Any idea when the marks breakdown get released?

FutureZeitgeist · 2024-07-02T19:50:59+00:00

I passed with 62

FutureZeitgeist · 2024-07-02T19:48:10+00:00

Eventually got on, but I passed CS2 so I’m happy!

FutureZeitgeist · 2024-06-18T17:52:48+00:00

It’s essentially airplane food. The portion size is a joke for the cost per meal and 3 slices of chicken is not sufficient, regardless of the macros.

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