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    Keep on failing my last SA exam

    Hi, I am in the same position, having failed my SA several times. Does anyone have any advice?
    Post by: howard, Feb 11, 2024 in forum: General study / exams
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    SA3-12 Exit strategy - selling the company

    Hi Euro Thank you for your clear explanation. I hope your exam went well!
    Post by: howard, Sep 18, 2023 in forum: SA3
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    SA3-03 - LACDT

    Thank you!
    Post by: howard, Sep 18, 2023 in forum: SA3
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    SA3-12 Exit strategy - selling the company

    Thank you for your reply. In terms of the old owner or shareholders, since they anyway didn't have personal liability, what have they gained by...
    Post by: howard, Sep 15, 2023 in forum: SA3
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    SA3-03 - LACDT

    Hi all The Core Reading (SA3 chapter 3 end of page 10 in CMP) mentions the "loss absorbency capacity for deferred tax" - what is it and how is it...
    Thread by: howard, Sep 15, 2023, 2 replies, in forum: SA3
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    SA3-12 Exit strategy - selling the company

    Hi all One of the exit strategies is selling the entire insurance company (Chapter 12 section 6). I am quite confused about this: How does this...
    Thread by: howard, Sep 15, 2023, 4 replies, in forum: SA3
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    National Mourning

    The IFoA has changed its exam timetable on its website https://actuaries.org.uk/exam-dates/. Good luck with your exam(s)!
    Post by: howard, Sep 13, 2022 in forum: General study / exams
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    PST Stage 2: Online Professionalism Course

    Has anyone done either PST stage 1 or stage 2? How many hours overall are required for each stage? Thanks!
    Post by: howard, Feb 8, 2021 in forum: General study / exams
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    GLMs - prior weights, single risk premium model

    Re your answer to question 1, what are you measuring in your scenario? How would you use weights to do this? Many thanks
    Post by: howard, Sep 20, 2019 in forum: SP8
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    GLMs - prior weights, single risk premium model

    Hi all 1) The GLMs chapter mentions prior weights (e.g. 1 for claim numbers, exposure for claim frequency). What is the meaning of prior weights...
    Thread by: howard, Sep 17, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: SP8
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    Deductibles

    Hi all I have seen mention of various types of deductibles: Aggregate deductible, Ranking deductible, Non-ranking deductible, Trailing deductible...
    Thread by: howard, Sep 17, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: SP8