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Free Study Materials for the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) 

Exam 7

G. Stolyarov II
Spring 2011 - Spring 2012
Updated July 2014
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Supplementary Materials
Conciseness on Actuarial Essay Exams

Inexhaustible Exam-Style Questions
(Macro-enabled Excel workbooks, allowing re-randomization of values)
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #1(a)
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #2
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #3(a)
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #4(a)
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #5(a)
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #6(a) and (b)
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #7(a)
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #8
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #9(a)
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #10(a) and (c)
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #12(a) and (b)
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #13(a)
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #17
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #19(b)
Question Based on Spring 2011 Exam 7, #21(a)

PDF Study Guides

Study Guide on the International Actuarial Association's "A Global Framework for Insurer Solvency Assessment"


Study Guide on Actuarial Aspects of Internal Models for Solvency II

Study Guide on "Operational Risk in Perspective"


Study Guide on Dependency Modeling

Study Guide on Tails of Copulas

Study Guide on Modeling Financial Series

Study Guide on ERM for Strategic Management

Study Guide on Non-tail Risk Measures

Study Guide on Measuring the Variability of Chain-Ladder Reserve Estimates

Study Guide on Testing the Assumptions of Age-to-Age Factors

Study Guide on the Value of Risk Reduction

Study Guide on the Extreme-Value Theory

Exam-Style Questions Relevant to the New CAS Exam 7

Relevant Sections from the Study Guide for the Old Exam 6
 
Section 57: Calculation of Premium Development to Loss Development Ratios for Retrospectively Rated Insurance Policies

Section 58: Calculation of Cumulative Premium Development to Loss Development Ratios and Premium Assets for Retrospectively Rated Insurance Policies

Section 59: Analysis of the PDLD Approach to Estimating the Premium Asset for Loss-Sensitive Contracts

Section 63: Approaches to Reserving for Workers' Compensation High Deductible Policies*
*Note that Section 63 is a Microsoft Excel file. Clicking on the link will prompt a download.

Gennady Stolyarov II (G. Stolyarov II) is an actuary, science-fiction novelist, independent philosophical essayist, poet, amateur mathematician, composer, and Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator, a magazine championing the principles of reason, rights, and progress. 

In December 2013, Mr. Stolyarov published Death is Wrong, an ambitious children’s book on life extension illustrated by his wife Wendy. Death is Wrong can be found on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.

Mr. Stolyarov has contributed articles to the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET), The Wave Chronicle, Le Quebecois Libre, Brighter Brains Institute, Immortal Life, Enter Stage RightRebirth of Reason, The Liberal Institute, and the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Mr. Stolyarov also published his articles on Associated Content (subsequently the Yahoo! Contributor Network) from 2007 until its closure in 2014, in an effort to assist the spread of rational ideas. He held the highest Clout Level (10) possible on the Yahoo! Contributor Network and was one of its Page View Millionaires, with over 3.1 million views. 

Mr. Stolyarov holds the professional insurance designations of Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA), Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS), Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA), Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Associate in Reinsurance (ARe), Associate in Regulation and Compliance (ARC), Associate in Personal Insurance (API), Associate in Insurance Services (AIS), Accredited Insurance Examiner (AIE), and Associate in Insurance Accounting and Finance (AIAF).

Mr. Stolyarov has written a science fiction novel, Eden against the Colossus, a philosophical treatise, A Rational Cosmology,  a play, Implied Consent, and a free self-help treatise, The Best Self-Help is Free. You can watch his YouTube Videos. Mr. Stolyarov can be contacted at gennadystolyarovii@gmail.com.

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