I'm about to attend an interview for actuarial science course...but i'm still not clear what the course is?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actuarial_science
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I am currently a financial advisor for a financial planning and mutual fund company so I hope I can help out some. Lets look at your questions.\n\n1. Life and health are they as difficult?\n   When I took the health and life insurance test for KS it was fairly simple. I haven't taken P&C but everyone I knew that tooke Life & Health didn't have too much of a problem with it.\n\n2. Work from library and internet?\n   Possible, but I wouldn't recommend it. I would suggest to find a good study that is specific to your state. I used a company called AD Banker for my health and life. Went to a class for life and study their book for health. Fairly easy. They taught everything you need to know. Especially the state specific law questions.\n\n3.Annuity what are they?\n  Easiest way to explain an annuity is...You know what a CD is at a bank. It's basically an account where you put a lump-sum amount of money in and let it earn interest and the interest compounds. Well and annuity is similar to that. There are some differences. First, it's only sold through Insurance companies. Which is why you are required to have a life insurance license. Second, when your interest compounds in an annuity you don't have to pay taxes on the earnings until the money is withdrawn. A cd you pay taxes on interest earned in the year it's earned. Third, annuities are the only investment vehicle that can guarantee a monthly payment for your whole life. What happens is you put money in it earns interest and then eventually you annuitize it. The insurance company then sends you a check each month until you die. Thats the basics of it. You'll learn more in depth about them when you study for your exam.\n4.Advice...\n  It's not easy. Take into consideration that while working in an insurance/financial services job you usually are self-employed and you just represent a company. Therefore you are really responsible for making your own paycheck. Most places put you on strictly commission. So if you don't sell anything this month you could go hungry. Make sure that you talk to all of your friends and family members. They will be the starting point of your business. Always, Always, Always, I cannot stress this enough, ask for referrals from people. It will make your business along with your paycheck grow. Don't stress out if you want to go into mutual funds or financial planning or anything. Such as getting your NASD series 6,7,63,65. They are somewhat difficult, but if you study and prepare they are actually really easy. Now, when you take these tests remember they are designed to trick you. Most of the time they are testing you on whether or not you know how to take tests. Read each question over twice make sure you know what it's asking. Watch out for questions that contain double negatives in them. And usually go with your first instinct. It's generally correct. Don't worry about any of the tests or understanding stuff greatly. You'll learn a lot about stuff as you go along. Good luck
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One of the best fields is insurance Actuary.  Contact the Casualty Actuarial Society (Property/Casualty Insurance), Society of Actuaries (Life/Health/Annuities) or the College of Insurance for more details.
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Go for actuary. Give the papers of SOA or IOA.\nThe subjects concerning managerial statistics are:\n\nProbability\nFinancial mathematics\nmodelling\netc...
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Actuarial sciences.  Courses on statistics, population sampling, morbidity, longevity.  Every state keeps sites with data that insurers and others can analyze, start with 'vital statistics.' \n\nInsurers also need these people to anaylyze the insurer's own data.\n\nLots of math skills, risk analysis.\n\nEmail Prudential and see if they can pin this down better for you.\n\nPrudential:  Attn -- Actuary\n\nAlso useful in Fire, Crime and Police overview, changing patterns. Voter demographics.
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not me, but how about we take courses at the same time.  I was wanting either:  Medical office assistant, Medical Administrative assistant, or just administrative assistant.  I got the pamphlet from Saskatoon Business College.  These are the only ones that I am interested in that they offer my other choices are:   Legal Admin Assistant, Accounting, Computer accounting technician, info tech specialist, business admin, financial services assistant.  Don't worry, I won't take the medical office assistant one if you don't want me to, dork.  I am not going to copy you.  Even if I did take it, it wouldn't be because I am copying, Amber!  I just need to further my education and that one has the least amount of math in the course.  I just want a steady income that involves as little math as possible!
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Securities Analyst, if you have the brain power and patience you could also sit for the actuarial exam.
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what is financial services?? today, does that mean advice only for a fee?? if so, i feel that is rather limited in its reality.. i started out as a CPA-then felt i liked people more than paperwork-although accounting has both..i went into life insurance sales- straight commission , essentially..i felt life ins. is a great tool for protection, savings, disability, and tax advantages--it is most usefull in financial & estate planning, yet most people are never asked to buy any by anyone !!all most people have is group life at work !!this is a great way to start building a clientele-not easy, yet a real challenge & women are very security concious and can be good savers!! women like to deal with other women, so if you have good people skills, you would be a very good candidate for this !! insurance allows you to make your own hours after you are established, and work from home with flexibility-i went to all my childrens events at their schools-priceless , you bet !! after learning all my basic skills from my first company- i became an independent insurance broker-representing many different cos at the same time- studied and became an LUTCF-life underwriter training council fellow-3 yrs of study & exams-learned a lot!! much later became a CFP only to prove that i knew what i was doing, if the initials were important to folks-the world did not beat apath to my door after i became a CFP and you still need MUCH practical experience to go with those letters before you really know what you are doing !! if you could start part-time with a life ins co-that would be ideal to get a taste to see if you like it- otherwise it would be a big jump to change full-time yet it might be a solution to ALL your mentioned goals !! i am a retired Independent Insurance Broker for life, health,disability, and annuities and a retired CPA, CFP, & LUTCF...GOOD LUCK TO YOU- HOLLER BACK AT ME IF I CAN BE OF FURTHER HELP TO YOU-i spent over 23 yrs in insurance sales and loved doing it- helping others & really making a difference in peoples lives !!!!
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Actuarial Pro Exams(APE) are really very hard to crack. It needs lot of understanding about Statistics, Probability and Stochastic calculus.\n\nIt is true that only few pass APE, in fact fewer that companies are eying for new recruits. Insurance companies need actuaries very much.\n\nFor more on that please refer the link:
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Well, that depends on what subject you want to study in the university. As for actuarial science, I would go for the USA.
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Do you mean in Actuarial Science position?  If so, then all the math you can take.  First you will have to go through calc and differential equations.  After that the target is 300 level statistics followed by 400 level stats at most universities.
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Actuarial science applies mathematical and statistical methods to finance and insurance, particularly to the assessment of risk. Actuaries are professionals who are qualified in this field.\nI think it would be a profitable career to consider.
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I just took Acc 1 last quarter, and am going to take Stats this quarter. I thought Acc 1 was fairly easy. It's not really math. No hard calculations involved accept simple add, subtract, multiply, divide. It's a little confusing when first learning about debits and credits...but once you get the hang of it it is pretty straight forward. I would think that Acc would be easier than stats frankly...but I can't say for sure as I haven't taken the stats class yet. Good luck whatever you decide.\n\nJust make sure you really learn the debit and credit stuff...which is which for each kind of account. That's pretty much what everything hinges on from then on. It's all just making journal entries for the rest of the class. So practice and get that basic stuff down and you'll be fine.
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Call the number on your statement.  It is probably a fixed rate account in a variable annuity or variable life insurance policy.
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Here ya go dude, contact St. Andrews and ask them:\n\nhttp://www.randa.org/index.cfm?action=coursemanagement.contactushome&cfid=2469155&cftoken=36592256\n\nPeace!
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the practice test on the site is really nothing, I mean NOTHING, like the actual admissions test. However, I can see how the tests are related. This isn't "book stuff" or things you'd learn in school. It's mostly logic and analysis. You might want to brush up on comprehension skills because they will read you a detailed story before the 2-hour test; then, the last thing you do for the test is to take a comprehension test based on that story. Also, there is a math and a vocabulary section. Honestly, if you don't know this stuff now, you'll probably never know it. Just go take the test. I don't think any studying will really help. BUT, do brush up on math formulas. The hardest part about it is how fast you have to do the problems. The first part is 50 questions, but you have 12 minutes. If you did well on the online practice test, then you should just go take it.
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buddy i cant suggest you the name of the colleges but i'll suggest you the NCFM(NSE Certification for Financial Markets) examinations. These are the examinations conducted by NSE(National Stock Excahnge). You can approach your broker for details or directly NSE. The certification is available in : Capital Markets, Derivatives, Mutual Funds etc.