SOA Strategic Management (CP311) Exam

Why take the Strategic Management (CP311) exam?

This exam is the only actuarial exam that actually gives you a broader education in business & management tools that you end up using for the rest of your career.

All other actuarial exams have a narrow focus on technical knowledge that become less useful
as you advance in your career.

Instead, this exam builds long-term useful knowledge and skills through topics like:

• company strategy looking at both insurance and outside insurance
• acquisitions and alliance strategy
• strategic planning and measurement
• company valuation that is common in acquisitions
• management science (so some quantitative analysis)
• behavioral economics and bias in decision making
• teams

It is important to have reasonable writing skills for this exam as you often have to fully explain
your reasoning for exam questions.

So, taking the Strategic Management exam is a long-term investment in your management & business career.

Why use XP for this exam?

XP has a long history of significantly above average pass rates and is the only company to
publish passing statistics as we want to ensure we are actually doing things that work!

For example, in Fall/2024, XP students had a pass rate (77% – 40/52) more than twice that of
non-XP students (31% – 9/29).

Furthermore, XP has a Pass Guarantee for the Strategic Management Exam (CP311). You only
need to purchase the package once and then you will have it until you pass this exam.

XP has designed a study package that makes a very large impact on your ability to pass the Strategic Management Exam. How? XP offers a 100% dedicated instructor who can then provide better teaching of the material, better practice questions, better case study tools, and much better individual feedback which has proven to make a remarkably big difference in a student’s ability to pass.

Please note that our Premium Package for the Strategic Management exam is intended for students who use many of the textbooks and other source readings. Please email the instructor if you want more information on the most important textbooks and online sources for this exam.

What you get with this course?

Online Video Seminar (40+ videos)

Study manual that supplements the source readings (It is not a replacement, but rather a compliment to the readings)

Audio and Digital flash cards – pdf, ANKI, Audio-mp3, printable

Case Study tools (includes videos and case study detailed checklist)

Practice Recall Questions

Application Questions (medium critical thinking questions & solutions and solutions to selected textbook questions)

Practice Exams (tough critical thinking questions that simulate the actual exam)

Video feedback and exam coaching from the instructor on your qualitative answers to practice exams (NO other study company comes close to the level of feedback we offer)

The XP Premium Package for Strategic Management can be purchased through the Actuarial Bookstore or Actex. The entire package is delivered online through the Actuarial University’s online learning portal.

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SM Study Manual Sample 2025-26

SM Practice Exam Sample 2025-26

Seminar Video Sample