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The University of Bergen and The University of Oslo offer the education to become an actuary in Norway. [14] To become an international qualified actuary, a person with a Norwegian actuarial education must also take two courses in economics (macroeconomics and accounting) and a course in ethics.
By 2005, an Indian actuary with at least 7 years of post-qualification experience was paid about US$40,000 in annual salary. The package rises to US$60,000 for an appointed actuary. IAI is a statutory body established under The Actuaries Act 2006 (35 of 2006) for regulation of profession of Actuaries in India.
The Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries licenses actuaries to perform a variety of actuarial tasks required of pension plans in the United States by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
The CAS requires all candidates to qualify through a series of actuarial exams covering various aspects of actuarial practice. Passing Exams 1–6 as well as Exam S, the Course on Professionalism, the Validation by Educational Experience (VEE), and two online courses qualifies an actuary for the Associateship designation; passing three additional exams is required to become a Fellow. [10]
Many universities have undergraduate and graduate degree programs in actuarial science. In 2010, [needs update] a study published by job search website CareerCast ranked actuary as the #1 job in the United States. [2] The study used five key criteria to rank jobs: environment, income, employment outlook, physical demands, and stress.
An enrolled actuary is an actuary enrolled by the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). [1] Enrolled actuaries, under regulations of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Labor, perform a variety of tasks with respect to pension plans in the United States under ERISA.
In order to sign statements of actuarial opinion, an American actuary must be a Member, American Academy of Actuaries (M.A.A.A.). [2] The Academy membership requirements are: Membership in one of the following societies: Associate or Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society. Associate or Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.
On completion of all of the Associate exams, two of the Specialist technical subjects and one of the Specialist applications subjects, students can become Fellows of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and to use the letters FIA or FFA provided that they have three years of work experience as an actuary. [18] Alternative routes to Fellowship ...