Exam 9 Study Manual Overview:
  • Number of pages: Over 1,000 (V1a, V1b and V2) and over 600 past CAS questions and solutions
  • Availability: June 23, 2009 (V1a, V1b  and V2)
  • Availability: September 21, 2009 (V3)
  • Volume 1: Advanced Ratemaking Techniques Covers Sections A - D of the CAS Syllabus
  • Volume 2: Individual Risk Rating Covers Section E of the CAS Syllabus of Examinations.

New to the 2009 Syllabus Readings

Anderson, D.;et. al. “A Practitioner’s Guide to Generalized Linear Models” (Third Edition), CAS Study Note, February 2007, pp. 4-39 only. [Note: the study note edition is a revised version of a paper from the CAS Discussion Paper Program. Candidates must use the study note edition.]

NCCI, Experience Rating Plan Manual for WC and EL Insurance (as of June 30, 2008).

NCCI, Retrospective Rating Plan Manual for WC and EL Insurance (as of June 30, 2008). Candidates are responsible for only the excerpted material. Exclude Part 2, Section III, on cancellation provisions.

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Exam 9 Content:

Numerous formatting changes have been made throughout our study manuals to improve clarity and enhance comprehension.

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:
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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.
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