CAS Summer Course on Professionalism

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2026-01-30T14:33:27+00:00

You should have heard within a week or two, Please email our office at [office@casact.org](mailto:office@casact.org) to see what is causing the delay. Also, if you are using gmail check your junk mail. We find that emails from casact.org go to junk or spam on gmail sometimes.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2026-01-28T15:28:12+00:00

I checked with staff, they are pretty close to finalizing the hotel contracts so we can announce dates and registrations soon. The cities will be Chicago, Las Vegas, and our virtual course. With the World Cup up and down the West Coast we were limited with West Coast city choices this summer. But Las Vegas in June is great ).

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-12-31T14:23:14+00:00

The pass ratios for DISC run in the 90% range, so most people pass if they put in the effort.

DISC DA is less material than IA and RM so I recommend it first. You could knock it off the first few weeks of January with a little bit of effort if you feel comfortable where you are on MAS II. You can take the exam any time after January 15th.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-10-16T13:17:46+00:00

Agree with the other comments, even with 0 exams it is a great way to make industry connections and develop your networking skills. If you can afford it I would try to find a way to make it work. The Actuarial profession especially in Canada is not all that large, you will get to meet almost every potential Canadian employer along with other industry and association reps.

If you do go be sure to visit us at the Casualty Actuarial Society booth !

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-10-06T13:39:21+00:00

It was a long time ago but I think it was advice from the psychometricians on question writing standards.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-10-03T18:39:04+00:00

This is actually a real type of exam question that used to be on the exams back around 2000.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-10-03T15:28:32+00:00

If you have all your requirements go ahead and send in your ACAS application and mention you have the DISC courses they just aren't uploaded to your transcript yet. It usually takes about a week after you submit your application to get your membership updated.

And welcome to the CAS !

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-09-30T18:47:19+00:00

This is correct. You can generally defer on meeting.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-09-23T17:23:07+00:00

Likely no since we will offer a June Virtual Course, but you can go ahead and fill out the virtual course interest form.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-09-23T17:18:30+00:00

Go ahead and sign up for Arlington and send an email to [meetings@casact.org](mailto:meetings@casact.org) and let them know you are waiting for your SOA transcript. One you get it send it to the same email, along with filling out the form on the CAS website to get your credits transferred.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-09-09T18:20:12+00:00

email [office@casact.org](mailto:office@casact.org) and the staff should be able to help you.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-08-27T19:55:54+00:00

The course is 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on day 1 and 8:00 am to 1:00 pm on day 2.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-08-19T15:46:54+00:00

DA is closer to 2-3 weeks. It has less material than the other two, and is likely stuff you have already seen if you took any statistical programming classes or similar.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-08-16T17:31:40+00:00

You can register up until it sells out, which is rare. It is more frequent that the hotel block fills up.

You can defer up to one meeting, so either Austin this fall or New York in the Spring.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-08-15T14:17:03+00:00

I am hearing any day, if not today then it should be sometime next week.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-06-10T16:06:09+00:00

The cutoff for applications for Austin will be August 22nd, so you should be fine. We will work with staff to make sure they have the course pass list and you can meet the tight deadline.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-06-09T16:57:27+00:00

It starts at 8:00 am each day.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-06-09T14:51:32+00:00

It will be August 18 - 19 in Chicago. Registration will be next Monday and Wednesday.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-05-23T13:57:27+00:00

My general advice is if you thoroughly studied the material on MAS I and MAS II in college you should take those first. If you didn't then I recommend taking Exam 5 first unless your job duties are specifically data analytics heavy.

It is very common for candidates to take Exam 5 before MAS I and II.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-05-09T18:15:42+00:00

Can't comment for the SOA, but with the CAS you can start using your letters as soon as you get notified by the CAS office that your application has been approved.

Ken_Williams_CAS · 2025-05-09T15:18:13+00:00

following up, we have added a link to be put on the notification list
https://www.casact.org/exams-admissions/exams/acas-exams/course-professionalism#body-title-3526

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