30 Days to FAM-L Mastery provides a five-week high intensity multi-faceted program to place students
Program led by Catie Foley, FSA, FCIA with more than 10 years of experience in the actuarial profession, working both as a university instructor and consultant. She has helped many students pass their SOA exams. Specializing in life contingencies, her knowledge and delivery of exam FAM-L material is unparalleled. With a passion for helping students succeed, her teaching approach is personalized to match the learning styles of each student in offering group and individual support.
30 Days to FAM-L Mastery offers students the following:
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Weekly 3-hour live lectures integrating concept building and problem-solving improvement
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A sixth lecture just before the exam window for final questions and practice problem review
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30-minute open forum immediately following each weekly lecture in which students can ask questions related to any topic, assignment, or practice problem
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Weekly suggested practice problems
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Weekly online office hours
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Q&A email correspondence in which students can email program instructor directly
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Mini-sessions for students to meet privately with program instructor
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Exam FAM-L Discussion Group open only to program members to communicate with each other
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All weekly lectures recorded and available to students
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No additional resources required
Schedule
Live Classes & Subjects
Oct. 21
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
Mortality Models
– Understand and calculate survival model metrics
– Use of regular and select and ultimate life tables
Standard actuarial notation
Insurance Coverages and Retirement Financial Security Programs
– Insurable interest
– Types of coverage
Practice Problems
Oct. 28
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
Long-Term Insurance Coverages and Annuities
– Identify and calculate metrics related to PVRVs
– Understand relationships between types
Practice Problems
Nov. 4
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
Premium and Policy Value Calculation for Long-Term Insurance Coverages
– Future loss RV
– Equivalence principal, portfolio percentile principle, given PV method
– Gross, net, and modified premiums and policy values
Practice Problems
Nov. 11
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
Parametric and Non-Parametric Estimation
– MLEs, Kaplan Meier method, and Nelson Aalan method
– Standard error and confidence intervals
Advanced Practice Problems
Nov. 18
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
Additional topics in mortality, insurance, annuities, and policy values
– Population mortality curves
– Effects of changes in underlying assumptions
– Methods of modeling extra risk
Advanced Practice Problems
Nov. 20
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Final review
Q&A
Join 30 Days to FAM-L Mastery Now!
Greatly advance your conceptual understanding of FAM-L topics as well as your problem-solving skills so you can pass exam FAM-L this Nov.!
Note that program sessions for the November sitting of FAM-L will be scheduled soon! Use our contact page to be added to that registration list and you will be contacted once dates are finalized.