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How to Use the Ranking Table

There are a lot of readings, so use the Ranking Table to organize the readings, set up a study schedule and determine how much time to spend on each article. Not all topics are tested equally, so they don’t deserve equal amounts of your attention. Unlike Exam 5, you don't have to read the articles in any particular order.

Tip: Here's another way to use the table to your advantage. If you have more time to study, read a higher ranked article that requires more concentration. Tired after a long day at work? Get a lower ranked article out of the way. Click here for more tips on how to use the ranking table.

By Rank

Important Note: The Ranking Table was originally based on an analysis of points-per-reading from past exams. This is no longer possible because exams have not been published since 2019-Fall and there have been very significant changes to the syllabus since then. The Ranking Table is now based roughly on the weights given in the syllabus, although that information is much less specific than what could be gleaned from past exams. It should still be helpful however in guiding your studying and directing your attention to the topics most likely to be tested. (Percentages given in the table below are approximates.)

 Background colours  in the grid indicate related readings. (Not all relationships are indicated - there would be too many colours.)

 New readings are outlined in red.   ← NA for Spring 2023. If the link to a wiki article is still red then it is not yet available. (The link will be blue when it's available)

 Modified readings are outlined in blue.   ← NA for Spring 2023. There will be a note at the top of modified articles to indicate whether the updates are complete.

Top 6 (30%) Cum: 30%	OSFI.MCT-IFRS LONG: 2 WEEKS	CCIR.Instructions LONG: 1-2 WEEKS	MSA.Ratios several days	Dutil.FA several days	Land.Cases HARD: 1 WEEK	CIA.FCT-1 1-2 days	← heavy calcs    (also FA & legal)
7 – 12 (20%) Cum: 50%	CAS.GovtIns EASY: 1 hr	IBC.Flood2019 several days	IBC.Flood2016 several days	Chev.Agric several days	OSFI.Eqk several days	IAA.Climate EASY: 2-½ hrs	← natural disasters
13 – 18 (15%) Cum: 65%	CIA.IFRS17-IC several days	CIA.IFRS17-1 half-day	CIA.IFRS17-2 EASY: 2 hrs	CIA.IFRS17-LRC several days	CIA.IFRS17-DR 1 day	CIA.IFRS17-PAA half-day	← IFRS 17
19 – 24 (10%) Cum: 75%	OSFI.ORSA CONFUSING! 1 day	OSFI.Stress 1-2 days	OSFI.AA EASY: 2 days	ICA.Ch47 half-day	Harris.Tort half-day	Dav.NonPec half-day	← Appointed Actuary    (also stress & tort)
25 – 30 (5%)	KPMG.RegOv	FSCO.PPA	FSCO.TechNotes	Marshall.Benefits	AB.Auto	AB.TNC	← Ontario & Alberta
31 – 36 (5%)	BCAR.Cdn2018	BCAR.Cat	Frei.RskTrans	CIA.Reins	McD.Intro	Baer.Intro	← BCAR/reins/regulation
37 – 42 (5%)	CIA.Subseq	Feld.RtAgs	OSFI.TargCap	CIA.Models	Morn.Pension	Odo.FinReg	← multiple topics
43 – 48 (4%)	IFA.Solvency2	AAA.CrdSc	CIA.Mat	IBC.Code	PACICC.Comp	CIA.CSOP	← multiple topics
49 – 54 (4%)	CIA.Taxes	OSFI.MemoAA	OSFI.SupFrm	OSFI.CorpGov	CIA.Valn	CIA.Runoff	← multiple topics
55 – 60 (1%)	FSCO.664	FSCO.Covgs	KPMG.PACICC	CIA.FCT-2	OSFI.PC-2	OSFI.PC-3	← multiple topics
61 – 62 (1%)	CIA.Duration						← no longer relevant???

Alphabetical (more or less)

A	AB.Auto	AB.TNC	AAA.CrdSc
B	BCAR.Cdn2018	BCAR.Cat	Baer.Intro
C	CCIR.ARinstr	CAS.GovtIns
CIA 1	CIA.CSOP	CIA.FCT-1	CIA.FCT-2	CIA.Models	CIA.Subseq	CIA.Taxes	CIA.Runoff
CIA 2	CIA.IFRS17-IC	CIA.IFRS17-1	CIA.IFRS17-2	CIA.IFRS17-LRC	CIA.IFRS17-DR	CIA.IFRS17-PAA
CIA 3	CIA.Valn	CIA.Mat	CIA.Reins	CIA.Duration
D	Dav.NonPec	Dutil.FA
F	Feld.RtAgs	Frei.RskTrans
FSCO	FSCO.PPA	FSCO.TechNotes	FSCO.664	FSCO.Covgs
H	Harris.Tort
I	IAA.Climate	ICA.Ch47	IFA.Solvency2
IBC	IBC.Code	IBC.Flood2019
KPMG	KPMG.RegOv	KPMG.PACICC
L	Land.Cases
M,N,O	McD.Intro	Marshall.Benefits	Morn.Pension	MSA.Ratios	Odo.FinReg
OSFI 1	OSFI.AA	OSFI.CorpGov	OSFI.Eqk	OSFI.MCT	OSFI.MemoAA	OSFI.ORSA	OSFI.TargCap	OSFI.Stress	OSFI.SupFrm
OSFI 2	OSFI.PC-2	OSFI.PC-3
P-Z	PACICC.Comp

Wiki Articles Added for 2022.Fall

• IAA.Climate
• CCIR.Instructions
• CIA.IFRS17-IC
• FSCO.TechNotes
• OSFI.PC-2
• OSFI.PC-3
• OSFI.MCT-IFRS

Wiki Articles Archived for 2022.Fall

• CIA.MfAD
• CCIR.ARinstr ← the syllabus listed this article as "updated" but I created a "new" article because it's switching to IFRS 17
• CIA.PremLiabs
• CIA.IFRS17
• BK.Reins
• CIA.FCT-3
• OSFI.AR1
• OSFI.AR2

Ranking Tables from Prior Years

• Ranking Table 2022.Fall
• Ranking Table 2022.Spring
• Ranking Table 2021.Fall
• Ranking Table 2021.Spring
• Ranking Table 2020.Fall

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