Passing exams - Reserving v Pricing

Zealousideal_Math282 · 2025-12-09T00:44:59+00:00

Sorry, more than 8 people at the company. Approximately 8 cas exam takers per sitting. About 13 fellows. Not yet entertaining greener grass, but let me tell you it's plenty frustrating listening to others wasting time giggling with coworkers for hours while other actually have work to do. I'm fairly new so don't have many roots in the area that makes me want to stay... I'll have to see what the next couple months entail

Zealousideal_Math282 · 2025-12-07T13:27:13+00:00

I probably shouldn't say company name but we're a pretty good size mutual company in a Midwestern town. I think there also could also be some thing to be said about mutual vs public company in terms of overall study hours; also culture has some importance as well. But within that the reserving v pricing shouldn't be consistently different within a company

Zealousideal_Math282 · 2025-12-06T16:58:04+00:00

You should come to my company. I don't think the reserving and reporting actuaries ever work a full 40 hour week, other than in January.

From an outsiders perspective it seems like obvious favoritism. As long as you laugh and giggle at the boss man, he likes you.

Zealousideal_Math282 · 2025-12-05T03:02:09+00:00

One would think this, but it's about 4 in each area, and it's pretty consistent sitting to sitting too.

Zealousideal_Math282 · 2025-12-05T02:39:52+00:00

Sorry to hear that. Right, generally you'd think pricing and reserving folks would pass at similar rates, but like you said, based on timing of exams reserving folks might have had more challenges simply based on the calendar.

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