I've been in insurance sales for about three years now and my manager kept pushing me to get the LOMA designations. I signed up for ALU 101 kind of on a whim back in January, thinking it'd be straightforward since I deal with underwriting decisions daily. Yeah, I was wrong about that. The material on mortality tables and risk classification was way more technical than I expected.
Spent about six weeks studying, probably 45 minutes to an hour each night after the kids went to bed. The ALU 101 study guide from LOMA is dense but honestly pretty well organized — I'd read a chapter, then quiz myself before moving on. What really locked things in was doing an ALU 101 practice test every few days to see where my gaps were. I kept bombing the reinsurance section until I made flashcards specifically for that.
Ended up scoring in the 80s, which I was thrilled with. Anyone else working through this right now? Happy to share what worked for me, especially on the exam day timing — that caught me off guard.