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The ten topics of SOA Exam FAM

34 multiple-choice questions in 3.5 hours, with five choices each.

Coverages and reinsurance

Deductibles, limits, coinsurance, inflation, the loss elimination ratio, and proportional and excess of loss reinsurance.

5–10% of the exam

Loss models

Severity and frequency distributions, the (a, b, 0) and (a, b, 1) classes, aggregate losses, stop-loss, VaR and TVaR.

12.5–17.5% of the exam

Estimation

Maximum likelihood for complete, grouped, truncated and censored data.

2.5–7.5% of the exam

Credibility

Limited fluctuation credibility: full standards for frequency, severity and aggregate losses, and partial credibility.

2.5–5% of the exam

Pricing and reserving

Expected loss ratio, chain-ladder and Bornhuetter-Ferguson reserves, trend, on-level premium and rate changes.

10–15% of the exam

Options

Calls and puts, put-call parity, binomial trees, Black-Scholes and delta hedging.

2.5–7.5% of the exam

Long-term coverages

Life, health and annuity products, insurable interest, and defined benefit and defined contribution plans.

2.5–5% of the exam

Mortality

Survival models, the force of mortality, life tables, fractional ages and select tables.

10–15% of the exam

Present values

Insurance and annuity present values, their moments, and the Standard Ultimate Life Table.

12.5–20% of the exam

Premiums and policy values

Net and gross premiums by the equivalence principle, policy values and their recursion.

15–22.5% of the exam

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Question 1

Losses follow an exponential distribution with mean 1,000. A policy has an ordinary deductible of 250 and a maximum covered loss of 2,250.

Calculate the expected payment per payment.

Question 2

Losses follow an exponential distribution with mean 500.

Calculate TVaR0.90\mathrm{TVaR}_{0.90}.

Question 3

Selected age-to-age factors for paid losses are:

12-2424-3636-4848-6060-ultimate
1.851.241.091.041.015

Calculate the cumulative development factor from 24 months to ultimate.

Question 4

You are given the following values from the Standard Ultimate Life Table:

xxlxl_x
5098,576.4
6096,634.1
7091,082.4

Calculate 10∣10q50{}_{10|10}q_{50}.

Question 5

Mortality follows the Standard Ultimate Life Table, and  . You are given:

| a¨50\ddot{a}_{50} | |---| | 17.0245 |

A fully discrete whole life insurance on (50) pays $150,000 at the end of the year of death. Net premiums are payable annually in advance for life.

Calculate the annual net premium.

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  • 271 practice questions, every answer worked
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