Actuarial Exam Preparation Products: SOA Exam MFE and CAS Exam 3F
Course MFE/3F is the ideal exam to take immediately after Course FM/2 since the MFE/3F Exam uses and builds upon significant amounts of the Exam FM material.
We update our MFE/3F Study Manual and other products every 6 months to reflect student feedback, to clarify explanations, to correct any typos, and to incorporate any changes in the required reading.
Our Study Manual is available as a professionally printed, wire-bound hard copy or as an emailed file.
Please note that our MFE/3F Study Manual and MFE/3F Questions are sold separately.
Our MFE/3F Live Seminars are sold through Actex and the Actuarial Bookstore. The next live seminar will be in Washington, DC from June 13 - 16.
Our MFE/3F Online Seminar is sold through the Actuarial Bookstore and Actex.
Check our MFE Seminar page for more information about our seminars.
Students who register for one of our MFE/3F Seminars will receive a copy of our eStudy Manual.
We also offer MFE/3F Questions, full Solutions, Flashcards and a Set of 4 Practice MFE/3F Exams.
05.10.13 Update
We have reorganized our materials for the Summer 2013 exam cycle. The Summer / Fall 2013 edition of our materials has a different chapter structure than the Spring 2013 edition. Both editions contain essentially the same content and both editions may be used for the Summer 2013 exam cycle since the syllabus did not change.
The Live MFE/3F Seminar in Washington, DC from June 13 - 16 is confirmed to run.
The SOA posted the July 2013 MFE/3F syllabus on 04.08.13. It can be found here. The good news is that the syllabus did not change from the March 2013 exam, so the Spring 2013 edition of our exam preparation materials may be used to prepare for the Summer 2013 MFE/3F exam.
If you have a question to which you can't find the answer here, please email us at info@actuarialbrew.com.
Live Seminar for Summer 2013
The Live MFE/3F Seminar for the Summer 2013 exam cycle will be held in Washington, DC. This 3.75-day class will run from Thursday, June 13 through Sunday, June 16. Interested students who are not quite ready to register can email us at info@actuarialbrew.com to be placed on the interested student list. For more information, please visit our MFE Seminar page.
Summer 2013 Exam Cycle
The syllabus for the Summer 2013 MFE/3F exam did not change from the Spring 2013 exam, so the Spring 2013 edition of our exam preparation materials may be used for the July 2013 exam.
We have reorgranized our materials for the Summer 2013 exam cycle. The Summer / Fall 2013 edition of our materials has a different chapter structure than the Spring 2013 edition. Both editions contain essentially the same content and both editions may be used for the Summer 2013 exam cycle since the syllabus did not change.
Our Summer / Fall 2013 electronic Study Manual, as well as our professionally printed Study Manual, Questions, Solutions, Flashcards, and Set of 4 Practice Exams are updated for the Summer 2013 exam cycle.
We also offer a Complete Online Combo study package which includes all of our electronic products (Online Seminar, Study Manual, Questions, Set of 4 Practice Exams and Flashcards).
Our MFE/3F Online Seminar is a complement to our live seminars. The online seminar is very similar to our live seminars. Please check our MFE Seminar page for more information.
The official July 2013 MFE/3F Exam information has been updated by the SOA/CAS. This information is provided on our MFE Links page.
Please note that with computer-based testing (CBT), the MFE/3F exam will now use an online normal distribution calculator instead of a standard normal table. The calculator can be found here. While working exam-style questions, it is a good idea to use the online normal distribution calculator if you have access to the internet. If you don't have access to the internet, you can use the old Standard Normal Table, but your answers may differ somewhat due to rounding. We provide the old Standard Normal Table with our products for convenience in case internet access is not available.
MFE/3F Live Seminars: Summer 2013
Students who register for one of our MFE/3F Seminars will receive a copy of our eStudy Manual by email soon after the registration is confirmed.
If you have registered for a seminar and have not received an confirmation email about the seminar within a week after registration, please send us an email at info@actuarialbrew.com. Sometimes firewall settings prevent emails from getting through, so if you have not received an email within a week of registering for the seminar, please let us know.
For the Summer 2013 exam cycle, students may attend a 3.75-day seminar in Washington, DC. Click here to visit our MFE/3F seminar page.
Seminar students receive a copy of our eStudy Manual soon after registration is confirmed.
Our seminar handout, which includes a comprehensive review of important concepts, key formulas and over 200 exam-style questions with solutions, will be provided to students who attend one of our live seminars.
If you are not quite ready to register for one of our seminars but would like your name added to our list of interested students, please send an email to info@actuarialbrew.com stating which seminar you would prefer. Our seminars have filled to capacity before, so we recommend students register as soon as they know they will be able to attend.
MFE/3F Online Seminar: 2013
Our online MFE/3F seminar is very similar to our live seminars. The online seminar also provides an intensive, comprehensive review of the required material that includes key formulas and concepts as well as over 200 exam-style questions with full video solutions. The online seminar contains about 20 hours of video in 53 segments. Students can watch the segments in any order and pause the seminar at any time. Students can also view the online seminar multiple times.
Access to the online seminar will be extended for another exam cycle to students who do not pass the exam after purchasing the online seminar.
Check our MFE Seminar page for more information.
To watch a sample of our online seminar, click here.
MFE/3F Study Manual (electronic and printed versions)
The Study Manual is a comprehensive, stand-alone study guide. The Study Manual provides a detailed explanation of the required material that helps you quickly understand the concepts as you prepare for the exam.
The Study Manual covers all of the Exam MFE/3F learning objectives with a special focus on:
The MFE/3F Study Manual is updated to incorporate student feedback and to clarify explanations where necessary.
Our MFE/3F Study Manual can be purchased as either an electronic file or a professionally printed, wire-bound manual. The difference in price reflects the cost to print the Study Manual. Some students may want to order both versions if they are interested in having both an electronic and a professionally printed copy. Please note that due to the electronic nature of the eStudy Manual, returns cannot be accepted and no refunds for the eStudy Manual will be possible.
Please note that our MFE/3F Study Manual and MFE/3F Questions are sold separately.
The eStudy Manual is provided to students who register for one of our MFE/3F Seminars. Otherwise, the eStudy Manual can be purchased separately.
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MFE/3F Questions: 650 exam-style practice questions
A solid understanding of the important concepts is crucial, but practice working exam-style questions is the real key to passing Exam MFE/3F. That's why we provide additional worked examples and 650 exam-style questions in our MFE/3F Questions.
All of our practice questions have a difficulty rating assigned to them to help you gauge your progress. Our questions are exam style in that they are multiple-choice questions, and their level of difficulty is similar to that of the actual exam questions.
Please note that the full solutions to the 650 exam-style Review Questions can be downloaded for free from here or a professionally printed hard copy version can be purchased.
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Complete Solutions to the MFE/3F Questions
Full solutions to the 650 exam-style questions are available as a free download from the MFE Downloads page of our website, or a hard copy version can be purchased from either Actex or the Actuarial Bookstore.
Our solutions use the online normal distribution calculator with the rounding rule specified by the SOA, so you can work the practice problems using the same techniques that you'll use during the exam.
Free Email Support
Students who purchase our MFE/3F Study Manual or MFE/3F Questions are also provided free email support from the authors. Our goal is to provide quick responses to the questions we receive, because we are dedicated to help our customers pass the exam.
CAS Exam 3F
The CAS 3F Exam is identical to the SOA MFE Exam.
Errata
The most recent errata can be found on the MFE Downloads page of our website. Please check back periodically for updates.
Product Listing Summary: 2013
For Exam MFE/3F, we offer:
We also offer three different study combo savings packages:
Our Set of 4 Practice Exams are designed to be as close to the exam-taking experience as possible. Not only are the questions exam-style, but it is packaged to look just like the actual exam. The Set of 4 Practice Exams can be ordered as a printed product, an electronic file, or as a CBT online mock exam. Students are encouraged to take the practice exams under exam conditions a few weeks before the actual exam to test their knowledge of the material.
Our Flashcards are printed on card stock and are approximately 4 inches by 5.5 inches. The front of each card tests key formuals and important concepts, which are printed in full on the back of each card. There are approximately 150 cards in our MFE/3F Flashcards.
For Exam FM/2, we offer a Set of 3 FM/2 Practice Exams. Please visit our FM/2 Exam page for more information.
About Us
ActuarialBrew.com is dedicated to providing the highest quality actuarial educational materials to students taking the actuarial exams. Our goal is your exam success.
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Authors
Joe Francis, FSA, CFA and Chris Ruckman, FSA
Francis and Ruckman are the co-authors of Financial Mathematics - A Practical Guide for Actuaries and Other Business Professionals, which is an approved text of the Society of Actuaries for Exam FM and of the Casualty Actuarial Society for Exam 2. The authors each have over 10 years of experience in the actuarial education field related to financial mathematics. They also each have almost 15 years of experience working in the insurance industry.
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