BattleActs PowerPack

Breaking News: The BattleActs PowerPack is online!

Super-charge your learning with our 4 Power Stations:

• Past exams: Quick and easy access at your fingertips
• One-stop PDF of core problems and solutions.
• Infinite and Interactive: Generate infinite versions of a problem with our web-based platform and crush it in Excel.
• Power Core: Practice multiple versions of core excel problems in a CBT-like environment.

Battleacts is here to help you prepare for both the syllabus content and the exam environment. With the CAS move to Computer Based Testing (CBT) with Pearson VUE we're providing Excel files which resemble your exam day experience. As more information is made available about the testing experience we'll update the files accordingly.

Station 1: Power through Past Exams

Excel Problems	Excel Solutions	Examiner's Report
2019.Fall Exam 5	n/a	2019.Fall Examiner's Report
2019.Spring Exam 5	n/a	2019.Fall Examiner's Report
2018.Fall Exam 5	n/a	2018.Fall Examiner's Report
2018.Spring Exam 5 (Original)	2018.Spring Solutions (Original)	n/a
2018.Spring Exam 5 (Makeup)	2018.Spring Solutions (Makeup)	n/a

To get the most out of these files you should attempt each exam under timed conditions and then grade yourself strictly.

Alice: "I've heard the F2 and F4 keys don't work in the Pearson environment. They do work in our Excel files but you've been warned for BattleDay!"

Station 2: One-stop PDFs

Our one-stop PDFs contain the core problems and detailed solutions in these 2 files so you can quickly refresh your memory on a calculation. Use this in conjunction with the web-based templates or Excel files to help you remember the next step.

Exam 5 One-stop PDF → RESERVING

Exam 5 One-stop PDF → PRICING

Station 3: Infinite and Interactive

After practicing problems for a while you can find yourself memorizing the numbers rather than understanding the steps. That's where BattleActs' web-based templates come in — we generate infinitely many versions of a problem so you focus on the steps involved.

Download the Excel file below to use with the web-based templates. In your browser, navigate to the list of web-based calculation problems you want to study (see link below) and then open the Excel file to the same problem. Highlight the problem in your browser and copy it before pasting using "Match Destination Formatting" into the highlighted cell within the spreadsheet. Voila! You can now solve the new version of the problem in Excel and then type your answer(s) into the browser to grade it. Repeat as many times as you want to practice the problem.

Click for a video explanation of how to use Station 3:

And here are the other links you'll need:

• Exam 5 Web Template Excel Companion

• BattleCards - Web-based problems

Station 4: Power Core

Reserving Problems (Excel Format)

These tables provide a listing of all the important types of problems from both reserving and pricing. If you can solve these problems, and have worked through the last several exams, you should be well prepared for anything that may come up.

title	problem types	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4
Reserving-A	information in triangles building triangles development method BF method CC method	Reserving-A-01 Reserving-A-01-Solns	Reserving-A-02 Reserving-A-02-Solns
Reserving-B	FS basic method case OS formula method reported Berq-Sherm method	Reserving-B-01 Reserving-B-01-Solns	Reserving-B-02 Reserving-B-02-Solns
Reserving-C	building triangles development method BF method (tort reform) CC method (adjs)	Reserving-C-01 Reserving-C-01-Solns	Reserving-C-02 Reserving-C-02-Solns	Reserving-C-03 Reserving-C-03-Solns	Reserving-C-04 Reserving-C-04-Solns
Reserving-D	disposal rate method paid Berq-Sherm method case O/S hard method evaluation	Reserving-D-01 Reserving-D-01-Solns	Reserving-D-02 Reserving-D-02-Solns
Reserving-E	S/S multiplicative reinsurance net unpaid ALAE additive/mult. ULAE - classical/Kittel ULAE - Conger/Nolibos	Reserving-E-01 Reserving-E-01-Solns	Reserving-E-02 Reserving-E-02-Solns

Pricing Problems (Excel Format)

chapter	problem types	Set 1	Set 2
Pricing-01-03-04	basic formulas AY & CY losses exposure aggregation	Pricing: Set 1 (01-03-04) Pricing: Set 1 (01-03-04) Solns	Pricing: Set 2 (01-03-04) Pricing: Set 2 (01-03-04) Solns
Pricing-05a	EP @ CRL: annual, 1 rt chg EP @ CRL: annual, 2 rt chgs EP @ CRL: 6-month EP @ CRL: policy years EP @ CRL: law change	Pricing: Set 1 (05a) Pricing: Set 1 (05a) Solns	Pricing: Set 2 (05a) Pricing: Set 2 (05a) Solns
Pricing-05b	1-step premium trending 2-step premium trending premium development	Pricing: Set 1 (05b) Pricing: Set 1 (05b) Solns	Pricing: Set 2 (05b) Pricing: Set 2 (05b) Solns
Pricing-06	excess loss factor benefit change impact trend selection trend period (losses) leveraged effect of limits	Pricing: Set 1 (06) Pricing: Set 1 (06) Solns	Pricing: Set 2 (06) Pricing: Set 2 (06) Solns
Pricing-07-08	pure premium method all-variable expense method premium-based expense method exposure-based expense method loss ratio method	Pricing: Set 1 (07-08) Pricing: Set 1 (07-08) Solns	Pricing: Set 2 (07-08) Pricing: Set 2 (07-08) Solns
Pricing-09	relativities: pure premium method relativities: with credibility relativities: loss ratio method relativities: adjusted pure premium method relativities: detecting distortion	Pricing: Set 1 (09) Pricing: Set 1 (09) Solns	Pricing: Set 2 (09) Pricing: Set 2 (09) Solns
Pricing-11	ILFs: uncensored data ILFs: censored data deductible relativities: ground-up losses deductible relativities: net losses WC: premium discount WC: loss constant ITV: premium rate per $1,000 ITV: co-insurance	Pricing: Set 1 (11) Pricing: Set 1 (11) Solns	Pricing: Set 2 (11) Pricing: Set 2 (11) Solns
Pricing-12-13	C of C: Harwayne's method C of C: increased limits analysis C of C: lower limits analysis C of C: limits analysis lifetime value analysis	Pricing: Set 1 (12-13) Pricing: Set 1 (12-13) Solns	Pricing: Set 2 (12-13) Pricing: Set 2 (12-13) Solns
Pricing-14	additive expense fee extension of exposures AARD method A(Δ)ARD method limiting premium effect: non-base level limiting premium effect: base level	Pricing: Set 1 (14) Pricing: Set 1 (14) Solns	Pricing: Set 2 (14) Pricing: Set 2 (14) Solns
Pricing-15	experience modification: CGL experience modification: WC loss-rated composite rating large deductible policies retrospective rating	Pricing: Set 1 (15) Pricing: Set 1 (15) Solns	Pricing: Set 2 (15) Pricing: Set 2 (15) Solns
Pricing-App	HO indication : pure premium method WC indication: loss ratio method	Pricing: Set 1 (App) Pricing: Set 1 (App) Solns	Pricing: Set 2 (App) Pricing: Set 2 (App) Solns