Membership Categories

There are five categories of membership of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland.

Please click here for an online Membership Application Form*.

  • Fellows;
  • Associates;
  • Students;
  • Honorary Fellows;
  • Affiliates.
  • *If you have previously been a member of the Society, please click here to read the Reinstatement Rules and to fill out the Reinstatement Application Form. Do NOT use the above application form.

  • The Society recommends that any person who works in Ireland in an actuarial capacity, or provides actuarial advice or services to an employer or client in Ireland on a regular or full-time basis, should apply to Council to become a member of the Society.  

     

  • Fellow:

    You may apply to become a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland if you wish to practice as an actuary in Ireland and any of the following applies:
    • You have completed the exams and work-based skills / work experience currently required to become a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and you undertake to attend, within 1 year, a professionalism course organised or approved by the Society;
    • You are a full member of a European actuarial association that is a signatory of the Actuarial Association of Europe (formerly Groupe Consultatif) Mutual Recognition Agreement.  For further details, see Actuarial Association of Europe MRA. 
    • You are a Fellow of the (US) Society of Actuaries, Canadian Institute of Actuaries, Institute of Actuaries of Australia or Actuarial Society of South Africa and you apply under the terms of the Society’s Mutual Recognition Agreements with these associations:
    • You are a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and you meet examination and experience requirements, and undertake to complete professionalism training, prescribed by the Society.  The requirements are consistent with those that apply to applicants under the above Mutual Recognition Agreement with the (US) Society of Actuaries.

    If you are already registered as an Associate and want to Transfer to Fellow, please see this application form,

    Associate:

    You may apply to become an Associate of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland if:
    • You have completed the exams and work-based skills / work experience currently or previously required to become an Associate of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and, if so required by the Society, you undertake to attend, within 1 year, a professionalism course organised or approved by the Society; or
    • You are an Associate of the Actuarial Society of South Africa and you apply under the terms of the Society' Mutual Recognition Agreement with that association; or
    • You would be eligible to apply to become a Fellow of the Society but for the fact that you do not meet requirements for Irish experience specified in a relevant mutual recognition agreement or otherwise prescribed by the Society.

    If you are already registered as an Associate and want to Transfer to Fellow, please see this application form,

    Student:

    You may apply to become a Student of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland if you are a Student of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

    Honorary Fellow:

    Council from time to time elects Honorary Fellows.  

    Council does so at its discretion.  Council elects people whom it considers proper to admit by reason of their position or experience or by reason of their eminence in the actuarial profession or otherwise.  Currently, our eminent Honorary Fellows are: Professor Alan Barrett, Professor Philip Boland, Professor Phelim Boyle, Professor Niamh Brennan, Professor Emmanuel Buffet, Mrs Mary Butler, Professor Patrick Honohan, Mr Chand Kohli, Professor Pete Lunn, Mrs Mary Robinson, Mr Tom Ross and Professor Alastair Wood.  Deceased Honorary Fellows include Dr. Garret FitzGerald and Professor Brendan Walsh.

    Affiliate:

    You may apply to become an Affiliate member if you are a full member of an actuarial association that is itself a member of the International Actuarial Association and the Society is not a party to a Mutual Recognition Agreement with that association. 

    Full details of the requirements are set out in the Affiliate Membership Brochure and Application Form here.

    The Actuarial Profession in Ireland

    Click here to download a copy of 'The Actuarial Profession in Ireland', a factsheet which gives a snapshot of actuaries in Ireland and where they work.

    Reinstatement Rules for Former Members

    If you have previously been a member of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland and wish to rejoin, please first read our Reinstatement Rules - Terms & Conditions and fill out a Reinstatement Application Form.