This designation is offered by the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries through the Internal Revenue Service.  The candidate must pass two examinations, the EA-1 and the EA-2.  The candidate can be exempted from the EA-1 examination if the candidate has either completed an academic program that included courses in actuarial mathematics or successfully passed the Society of Actuaries and Education and Examination Program FMC and MLC examinations.  Also, in the last ten years, the candidate must have at least 36 months of pension actuarial experience or 60 months actuarial experience, 18 months of which were in pensions.