CAS Announces Reserves Research Paper Prize Winners

The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) is pleased to announce prizes awarded for the best reserving research papers resulting from the CAS Reserves Working Group’s Call for Papers on Technology and the Reserving Actuary.

The winning papers are:

• “Navigating the Uncertainties: Robust Reserving Strategies for Catastrophic Events” by Olga Achkasova, ACAS.
• “The Development and Use of a Claim Life Cycle Model” by Chris G. Gross, ACAS, MAAA.
• “Handling Sparse Data for Reserving Using Bayesian MCMC” by Michael L. Larsen, FCAS, MAAA.

These prize-winning papers, along with other outstanding papers stemming from the call for papers, were published in the Fall 2024 E-Forum.

Like other CAS research initiatives, CAS Call Paper Programs offer researchers the opportunity to support property-casualty actuaries by providing thought leadership and expanding actuarial knowledge. Papers are reviewed by CAS volunteers.