Thread: Done with the exam? Share your CAS Part 5 study notes here!

Quote: Originally Posted by David Gao The contents of the following attachment comes from some AO posts, some concepts are clarified in these posts, I summerized these comments when preparing for the exam, for your reference and thanks for those who give initial comments on the posts! Nice summary, but one critical error . . . Permissible loss ratio (PLR) is equivalent to the Target loss ratio . . . what percentage of your premium do you want...

The contents of the following attachment comes from some AO posts, some concepts are clarified in these posts, I summerized these comments when preparing for the exam, for your reference and thanks for those who give initial comments on the posts!

You can post your notes online using the upload button after clicking post reply, or you can always email them to me at tom(at)actuarialoutpost.com. If that isn't easy enough, just PM me here and I can send you my fax number or we can work something else out! Any questions about what/how to post, can be answered here! Thanks! ===================== \\\\\\\ please read /////// ===================== All posts in this thread that do not have...

Attached below is a set of notes for the CAS Exam 5, taken in the Spring 2007. Sorry for the typos, but I never got a chance to proofread. PM with a valid work email address if you want a printable pdf file. Donations welcome. Attached Images Exam_5_v2_Part_1.pdf (696.3 KB, 19 views) Exam_5_v2_Part_2.pdf (630.4 KB, 12 views)

Even with the new text for 2010, I'm sure this can still be useful to some one.

The last page covers "Claims made Ratemaking". I couldn't attach this to anything in the syllabus. Just after the Schofield Notes, I find a section on "Group Medical/Dental Benefits Pricing". I can't place it. Just after the medical bit, I find a section on "Homeowners Property Insurance". Same problem. Just after Sherwood, I find several chapters from "Insurance...

I don't know if anyone is interested, but I've put the "CAS 5 Learning Objectives" into a more usable format than that stupid HTML format that they give you on the website. I've also included the author name and the title of the paper that goes with each section so you don't have to refer to the bibliography that is separate at the bottom of the webpage. I've had a few too many of these conversations...

Here are some homemade notecards. They don't cover the whole syllabus, because I limited to stuff that could be quickly typed on a keyboard (used Access to create them). Therefore no diagrams or complicated mathematical formulas. Also, I ran out of steam/time near the end so you'll notice a couple articles were excluded. Enjoy! (Hopefully I'll never have to look at these again, fingers crossed) There are over 1,000 notecards,...

holy crap. also: sweet.

.. the notes from Buffalo Hunter seem comprehensive. Has anyone gone through them and verified that they represent the material on the exam pretty faithfully and comprehensively?