605 Pass the Insurance Actuary and Adjuster Exams, Down from Last Year

by Kim yoon seop Posted : September 18, 2026, 10:00Updated : September 18, 2026, 10:00

A total of 605 candidates passed the insurance actuary and adjuster exams this year, a decrease from last year.

The Financial Supervisory Service announced on the 18th that it has finalized the list of successful candidates for the 49th Insurance Actuary and Adjuster Second Examination, held on July 25-26, 2026.

This year, 104 candidates passed the actuary exam, while 501 passed the adjuster exam.

The number of successful actuary candidates decreased by 16 from last year's 120. A total of 962 candidates passed across five subjects, including those who passed multiple subjects, resulting in an overall pass rate of 41.2%, down 11.7 percentage points from last year's 52.9%. To pass the actuary exam, candidates must score at least 60 points in each of the five subjects within five years of passing the first exam.

In the adjuster exam, 501 candidates passed, with 60 in property, 100 in vehicles, and 341 in bodily injury. This is a decrease of five from last year's 506. The overall pass rate was 12.6%, down from 13.8% the previous year. The pass rate for property adjusters was 10.6%, and for bodily injury adjusters, it was 11.8%, both lower by 0.6 and 1.4 percentage points, respectively. The vehicle adjuster pass rate increased by 0.4 percentage points to 19.2%.

By age group, 80.8% of actuary passers were under 30 years old. In contrast, 55.5% of adjuster passers were over 31. The largest group of actuary passers was aged 26-30, totaling 60, while the largest group of adjuster passers was aged 31-40, totaling 184.

Candidates can check their results on the Financial Supervisory Service or the Korea Insurance Development Institute websites.





* This article has been translated by AI.