QRA Designation & related exam system changes - Vote on it!

[Russell]

I suggest the choices:

yea or nea; feel free to use additional variants like good, bad, great, stupid, wise, not enough information, unproven need, foolish, clever, ... just keep it short.

my vote: nea, unproven need.

Like the Scottish legal alternative to not guilty, I choose "not proven" for the need for this designation. I think the effect is questionable, probably will waste a lot of resources in developing, it will probably fail (are employers clamoring for this?), and the SOA's track record on correctly predicting the effect of a change in exam structure is dreadful.

[Shrek]

nea. stupid. exam credit for undergrad courses even worse. unless shrinking the number of entrants is desired.

[Take 2]

Nay. Maybe the SoA should just merge with the AAA and dissolve itself. AAA does the exam for annual actuarial opinion already.

[Crystal Dragon.]

I have AAA, and have found it VERY useful! Once I locked my keys in my car, and they were there in less than 15 minutes. He was really a very pleasant fellow, too. My sister's car wouldn't start one day, and they figured out what was wrong right on the spot!