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As we head into the busy end-of-year season, the CAS recognizes that it may be difficult to stay informed about forthcoming updates being implemented through our Admissions Transformation Plan (ATP), so we are providing a preview at this time.

In our ongoing effort to promote inclusion and diversity, the CAS Board voted unanimously to add an optional profile question to the CAS Member Dashboard and to amend another.

As we approach one year since my Presidential Address given at the 2021 CAS Annual Meeting, I am renewing my call for members to pledge to be the “Actuary of the Future.” What do I mean by that?

Four CAS members were recently recognized as distinguished leaders on industry lists published by Business Insurance and Digital Insurance.

The CAS is pleased to offer the first half of Monday, November 7, the opening day of the Annual Meeting, on a complimentary basis to CAS members and non-members alike. Please read details below for each of the individual broadcasts you wish to view.

A new Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Research Paper provides the first detailed road map for understanding and quantifying the impact of wildfire mitigation on homeowners insurance premiums. Catastrophe Models for Wildfire Mitigation: Quantifying Credits and Benefits to Homeowners and Communities explores the need for catastrophe models to perform the quantification of mitigation efforts, outlines actuarial considerations and approaches for developing wildfire mitigation premium credits, and describes challenges in obtaining data and implementing mitigation premium credits.

Data skeptic and New York Times bestselling author Cathy O’Neil is a thought leader exploring the realities and dangers of social networking, the consequences of algorithm design, and defending human dignity in the context of predatory capitalism.