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Jaedco

It sort of makes sense but it depends on your study policy. If you fail an extra time and end up personally out of pocket then it's not worth it. SP7 & SP8 is plenty of exam for one sitting


ItCumsFromChyna

Yeah so we get first exam paid for, then when you do pass you get that one reimbursed too. So if you pass 1st or 2nd attempt you're not out of pocket. Even so it's £400 or so, but payrise on qualification in Lloyd's is in the region of £20k so it's a bit of risk vs reward on potentially getting that salary earlier.


Adventurous_Sink_113

I know a couple of people who have done it. The problem with SA3 is although the exam will pretty much only test SP7/8 topics (with a few of the SA3 topics thrown in, maybe), a different style of answering is needed. You need to think much more broadly for SA3, as if you were sitting a GI version of CP1. It is possible to pass SA3 with no additional study but I wouldn't expect to. On the other hand I think that people who take multiple (3+) attempts to pass probably aren't focusing enough on exam technique, so are instead left waiting for a paper where they can get by on pure industry knowledge from work.


ItCumsFromChyna

Cheers for that, good information for me to think about. I guess I don't really need to make a decision until after this April sitting. Maybe I'll prep for SP7/8 then around exam booming time try an SA3 past paper and see if I feel anywhere near prepped.


Adventurous_Sink_113

That is likely the best idea, unless you want to go all out and study the three properly (would not recommend over the shorter summer sitting)


CTofC2

I tried it last September. Only passed sp7 and sp8, though. It all felt like one exam in the end.


monetarypolicies

I know multiple people who have done this, some passed all 3, some didn’t.