The CAS Exam 8 Five-Week Bootcamp is designed to reinforce candidates’ understanding of ratemaking and reserving concepts and ensure that they are fully prepared for exam day. The course covers the entire syllabus, with an emphasis on the topics most likely to be tested. Each session will begin with a conceptual overview of the material, followed by an interactive review of problems from past CAS exams. By the end of the course, candidates should feel confident in their ability to pass Exam 8.
Jeremy Medina, ACAS specializes in preparing students to pass CAS exams MAS-I, MAS-II, Exam 5, Exam 6U, and Exam 8. He currently works as an Associate Actuary at Alliant Insurance Services. He has earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The College of New Jersey and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Analytics at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The CAS Exam 8 Five-Week Bootcamp provides the following:
Weekly 2 hour live lectures integrating concept building with significant focus on problem solving improvement and mastery
The Exam 8 Discussion Group open only to program members to communicate with fellow students and Jeremy Medina
Q & A Email Correspondence in which students can email Jeremy Medina questions
Mini-Sessions in which students can schedule private sessions with Jeremy Medina
Weekly online office hours with Jeremy Medina
Open Forum for questions with Jeremy Medina immediately following each lecture
All lectures recorded and available to students
Schedule
Live Classes & Subjects
Sundays (All Classes 10:00-12:00PM EDT)
Classification Ratemaking
March 8, 2026
- Bailey & Simon – credibility of rating groups
- Mahler – chi-squared test, pair correlation test, credibility-weighted predictions, finding optimal credibility factors
- Couret & Venter – multi-dimensional credibility, quintiles test
- GLM – predicted mean and variance, offsets, logistic regression, F-test,
- AIC & BIC, diagnostic plots
- ASOP 12 – risk classification
Experience Rating
March 15, 2026
- Fisher – no-split plan, experience-modified expected loss, split plan, evaluating rating plans
- ISO Commercial General Liability Experience and Schedule Rating Plan – experience mod, schedule rating
- NCCI Experience Rating – Workers’ Compensation experience mod
Retrospective and Loss Sensitive Rating
March 22, 2026
- Fisher – Lee Diagrams, Expected Retro Premium, Balance Equations, Per-Occurrence Limit, Large Dollar Deductible Premium, Retro vs. Large Deductible Cash Flow comparison, Table M: vertical & horizontal slicing, Limited Table M, Table L, ICRLL Method
- NCCI Retrospective Rating Plan Manual
Excess and Deductible Rating
March 29, 2026
- Bahnemann – Chi-Square on Truncated/Censored Data, Excess Severity, Claim Intervals vs. Coverage Layers, Expected Excess Severity & Claim Counts, Aggregate Excess Claims, Inflation Effect on Excess Layers, ILFs & Excess Pricing, ILF Consistency, Risk Load, Deductibles and Loss Elimination Ratio
Final Review: Exam Preparation
April 5, 2026
Review of past CAS exams, examiner reports, common twists to exam questions, and open-ended review of previously discussed topics
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