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The 2nd edition of the manual has over 1300 pages. Each section includes end-of-lesson exercises, many of which are original. In addition to these exercises, there are twelve practice exams, all having 35 multiple-choice questions all with complete solutions. Many students have found ASM manuals adequate by themselves for exam preparation, but the textbooks for the exams are referenced in each lesson if you wish to use it.

ASM’s Exam STAM manual offers comprehensive coverage of the syllabus for SOA Exam STAM. In its 55 lessons, the following topics (and more) are reviewed:

Now with videos! Unique to this particular manual, these videos provide a detailed solution to 384 specific exercises out of the almost 1250 contained within (approximately 30% coverage). Access to these videos is free with the purchase of a manual for the duration of the license. 

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Abraham Weishaus Ph.D., FSA, CFA, MAAA
Abraham was formerly a financial reporting actuary for Guardian Life Insurance Company. He served on the SOA's Education and Examination Committee for 11 years. He also taught exam preparation courses for the Actuarial Society of Greater New York (ASNY) for 15 years and for CAMAR for 6 years. Abe is currently a professor at Columbia University and teaches exam preparation courses at St. Johns University. He has been an ASM author for over 16 years and publishes material for exams P, MFE, MLC and C.

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