The resources on this website were partially gathered in the MAA webinar series entitled “So, you want to be an actuary?” (June 2021) organized by Jennifer Austin, Shinko Harper, Eric Staron, and Milica Cudina. The presenters in the webinar series were Steve Paris, Susan Staples, Alisa Havens Walch, Lauren Case, Jeffrey Zheng, and Shinko Harper. The panelists were Kirby Baker, Samantha Hart, Riddhi Kumar, and Shelley Zhao.
What is an actuary?
Intro to Actuarial Science: A MOOC on the actuarial profession
Wikipedia: Actuary
Investopedia: A day in the life of an actuary
Be an actuary: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) on the actuarial profession
The Society of Actuaries: What is an actuary?
Casualty Actuarial Society: What is a property and casualty actuary?
Learned societies
Wikipedia: International Actuarial Association
International Actuarial Association
Wikipedia: American Academy of Actuaries
Wikipedia: Casualty Actuarial Society
Wikipedia: Society of Actuaries
Other organizations
Wikipedia: Gamma Iota Sigma
Gamma Iota Sigma: An international professional fraternity organized to promote, encourage and sustain student interest in insurance, risk management and actuarial science as professions.
Wikipedia: International Association of Black Actuaries
International Association of Black Actuaries
Organization of Latino Actuaries
Why become an actuary?
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Compensation prospects
SOA Explorer: A vast network of employers and peers
The BS in Mathematics: Option 1: Actuarial Science @ The University of Texas at Austin
UT’s Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science
Gamma Iota Sigma: Gamma Zeta chapter
On actuarial exams
Casualty Actuarial Society: Exams and admissions
Casualty Actuarial Society: Path to success
Society of Actuaries: Exams and requirements
Guide to the SOA written exams: It’s particularly useful to consider the rounding rules towards the end of this document
Joint exams
P exam/Exam 1: The probability exam (compare to M362K: Probability)
FM exam/Exam 2: The financial-mathematics exam (compare to M329F: Theory of Interest)
IFM exam/Exam 3F: Investment and financial markets (compare to M339D: Introduction to Financial Mathematics for Actuaries and M339W: Financial Mathematics for Actuarial Applications)
Fora and other resources
The Actuarial Toolkit: An actuarial glossary, an R-console, and a collection of apps
GoActuary: An actuarial discussion forum
Reddit: A subreddit on actuarial science etc.
Actuarial zone: A list of free resources with a rather active Twitter account