How We Curate

actuary.info publishes original analysis, career and exam resources, and public datasets for actuaries. This page explains how that content is made, what it is based on, and where its limits are. Readers making real decisions deserve to know how the material in front of them was produced.

What We Publish

We publish three kinds of content, and we keep them visibly separate.

The first is a daily feed of news-pegged analysis. These pieces respond to developments across property-casualty, health, life and retirement, reinsurance, and the use of AI in actuarial work. They are dated and time-bound by nature.

The second is a set of evergreen guides on entering and advancing in the profession: exam pathways, salary data, employer expectations, and study resources. These are written to be durable references rather than news, and they are revised as syllabi, standards, or market conditions change.

The third is a set of public datasets we build and maintain ourselves: SOA and CAS exam pass rates back to 2007, the assumptions filed in ACA rate filings, carrier-disclosed P&C pricing metrics, and granted AI patents by insurer. Each is rebuilt from its primary source on a published cadence, and each page discloses that source and the method.

Where a page carries a "Last updated" date, that date reflects the most recent substantive review of its content.

How Articles Are Sourced

Our credibility rests on sourcing, so we are specific about it.

Claims are anchored to primary documents: regulatory filings, SEC disclosures, official announcements from the SOA, CAS, NAIC and CMS, and the published actuarial literature. Where a specific source is doing the work in an article, we link to it at the point in the article where the claim is made, so a reader can verify it directly. We do not invent citations, and we do not cite a source we have not checked.

The datasets go further. Every figure on those pages recomputes from the underlying public data on each build; nothing is typed in by hand, and individual rows carry the filing identifier or record they came from.

When a source is genuinely ambiguous, or when reasonable practitioners disagree, we note the disagreement rather than papering over it.

How Articles Are Written

Our articles are produced under a defined process. A human editor sets scope and direction; AI tools assist with drafting; the editor is responsible for the published result. We describe the steps plainly because the alternative, implying content was produced one way when it was produced another, is exactly the kind of thing this page exists to prevent.

Scoping. An editor decides what the article will cover, who it is for, and what a reader should be able to do or understand after reading it. The source set the article will rest on is identified at this stage, not assembled after the fact.

Drafting. AI tools assist with drafting and revision against the identified source set, under human editorial direction. AI does not set editorial direction and is not the final word on accuracy.

Source and citation check. Every source linked in an article has been read at the point it is cited. We do not invent citations or cite material we have not checked.

Editorial review. A human editor reviews the draft for technical accuracy against its sources, voice, and clarity, and is responsible for the published result. Drafts that do not survive that review are not published.

Editorial Standards

Accuracy over fluency. A clear sentence that overstates what a filing shows is worse than an awkward one that gets it right.

Informational, not advisory. Our content explains what happened and what it implies for pricing, reserving, or capital. It is not an actuarial opinion, and it is not a substitute for analysis prepared for a specific organization. See our Terms of Service.

One byline. Articles carry a single byline so that responsibility for the site’s content sits in one place.

Corrections. If we publish an error, we correct it promptly and, where the error was material, note that a correction was made. To report a possible error, use our contact page.

Independence. We do not accept payment to publish or alter editorial content. Advertising is clearly labeled and never influences editorial decisions.

Transparency. This page is itself part of that commitment. If our process changes, this page changes with it.

What We Do Not Do

We do not present editorial content as actuarial work product. We do not publish reserve estimates, opinions, or projections for any specific organization. We do not invent or approximate source citations. We do not republish third-party articles in full; we link to original sources and reference them for commentary and analysis.

Questions About Our Process

If something on this page is unclear, or you think we have fallen short of it, get in touch.

Last updated August 2026