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CAS Exam 9 Pass Rates

Exam 9: Financial Risk and Rate of Return

55.0% Spring 2026 raw pass rate +12.3 ptsvs 42.7% in Spring 2025
All-time high
74.5%Spring 2024
All-time low
37.0%Spring 2011
Average
49.9%across 16 sittings
Std. deviation
9.9 ptssitting to sitting
Candidates tracked
9,4392011 to 2026
Sittings
16all counted
Raw pass rate
30%40%50%60%70%80%20112013201520172019202120232025 Spring 2026 · 55.0%
Raw pass rate = passed / candidates sitting. Effective rate excludes candidates whose papers the society judged too incomplete to be realistic attempts.

Every Exam 9 sitting

Exam 9 pass rate by sitting: candidates, passed, raw rate, effective rate. Newest first.
Sitting Candidates Passed Raw rate Effective rate
Spring 2026 464 255 55.0% 56.2%
Spring 2025 632 270 42.7% 44.3%
Spring 2024 506 377 74.5% 76.3%
Spring 2023 657 396 60.3% 62.6%
Spring 2022 523 214 40.9% 43.1%
Spring 2021 628 361 57.5% 59.8%
Fall 2020 645 295 45.7% 48.0%
Spring 2019 601 338 56.2% 58.4%
Spring 2018 596 312 52.3% 54.1%
Spring 2017 514 290 56.4% 57.7%
Spring 2016 521 254 48.8% 50.4%
Spring 2015 458 185 40.4% 42.0%
Spring 2014 418 201 48.1% 50.1%
Spring 2013 566 219 38.7% 40.9%
Spring 2012 752 327 43.5% 44.7%
Spring 2011 958 354 37.0% 39.0%

About Exam 9

The final CAS fellowship exam, covering portfolio theory, financial risk measurement, and rate of return considerations in ratemaking. It is offered once a year in the spring.

Data: Casualty Actuarial Society official exam statistics, 2011 to 2026. Last updated July 5, 2026.

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