A 18-week SOA Exam ALTAM study plan covers roughly 300 hours at ~17 hours per week. The sweet spot for most working candidates on Exam ALTAM. 17 hours per week is enough for full coverage plus meaningful review and multiple mock exams.
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A 18-week Exam ALTAM plan walks the syllabus module-by-module before transitioning into review and mock phases. Module weeks are allocated proportional to SOA topic weights — heavier-weighted modules get more time, lighter ones either get a single week or pair with adjacent topics on intensive paces.
Multi-state mortality models, fractional age assumptions, and select and ultimate tables for advanced applications. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Gross premium pricing, profit testing, embedded value calculations, and universal life product pricing. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Policy reserves under different regulatory frameworks, deferred acquisition costs, and risk management strategies. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Pension plan valuation, funding methods, and accounting for post-employment benefits. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Pricing, reserving, and risk management for long-term health insurance and long-term care products. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Weak-topic drilling. exclam.ai surfaces topics where you underperformed during coverage and re-quizzes them. Daily FSRS flashcard reps across all 5 topics to prevent decay. Start doing timed question batches focused on the heaviest-weight sections.
Full-length Exam ALTAM practice exams under timed conditions. Target one mock every 3–5 days. Same-day error review: for every question you miss, re-derive the solution from scratch. Taper in the final 3 days — light flashcards only.
Exam ALTAM has 5 topic areas. This plan allocates time across all of them, weighted by the approximate exam weights.
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