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Exam 9 Study Manual Overview:

Number of pages: Approximately 950
Availability: June 23, 2008
Volume 1: Advanced Ratemaking Techniques
Covers Sections A - D of the CAS Syllabus of Examinations.
Volume 2: Individual Risk Rating
Covers Section E of the CAS Syllabus of Examinations.

New to the 2008 Syllabus Readings

Kreps, R.E., “Investment-Equivalent Reinsurance Pricing,” Actuarial Considerations Regarding Risk and Return In Property-Casualty Insurance Pricing, Casualty Actuarial Society, 1999, Chapter 6, excluding Section IV; including Errata.

Mahler, H.C., Discussion of “Retrospective Rating: 1997 Excess Loss Factors,” PCAS LXXXV, 1998, pp. 316-344. Appendices B-D are for reference only; candidates do not need to memorize formulas in Appendices B-D.

Mahler, H.C., “Workers Compensation Excess Ratios: An Alternative Method of Estimation,” PCAS LXXXV, 1998, pp. 132-156.

Exam 9 Content:

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Links to excerpts from the manual are given below. Print out the content and then compare our summarizations within these excerpts to the corresponding pages from the syllabus readings. These excerpts are fair representations of the quality you can expect from all our articles and solutions to past CAS exam questions.

Exam 9 Study Manual:
Table of Contents (TBA) Exam 9 Study Manual Excerpts

Theory of IL and XOL Pricing
Fundamentals of Individual Risk Rating-Part 3"
"The California Table L" Solutions to Past CAS Questions
Question 46, 1993 Exam
Question 37, 1992 Exam

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"Experience Rating - Equity and Predictive Accuracy" - Venter

Summary

Questions and solutions The summaries of the other articles in the manual typically take the form of noteworthy commentary, lists, side by side comparisons of concepts/methods, and detailed exhibits which authors present in the readings, highlighting computational approaches towards reproducing them.

Author & Format:

Richard Zarnik authors the Exam 9 Study Manual. The Exam 9 Study Manual covers all of the syllabus readings.

The manual contains well over 950 pages, 65% of which are questions and solutions to past CAS exams. The solutions are very detailed, and provide noteworthy commentary that students should be aware of when solving problems.