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The Exam Working Group needs volunteers for question writing for Exam 6U. Question writing will take place over the next 2 months. No travel is required, although there is an in-person summit if interested.

As many CAS members know, February is National Black History Month – a month honoring the contributions and legacy of Black people throughout U.S. history. To celebrate and share stories from CAS’s Black members and community, the CAS ran the BHMxCAS campaign throughout the month of February.

Spring 2022 grading will once again have an optional, in-person session! We look forward to the opportunity of seeing you in person again!

The Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) of the American Academy of Actuaries approved for exposure a revision of Actuarial Standard of Practice (ASOP) No. 29 now titled, Expense Provisions for Future Cost Estimates for Prospective Property/Casualty Risk Transfer and Risk Retention.

Social inflation—the impact of rising litigation on insurers’ costs—increased claim payouts for commercial auto insurance liability alone by over $20 billion between 2010 and 2019, according to a new paper by Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I), in partnership with the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS).

The CAS University Engagement Advisory Working Group (UEAWG) has several exciting volunteer opportunities including short-term projects! If you have any questions about the below opportunities, please email the relevant contact listed in section.

A new paper has been published on the Variance website: “Recommender Systems for Insurance Marketing” by Giorgio Alfredo Spedicato and Giuseppe Savino.

Using the Hayne MLE Model: A Practitioners’ Guide, a new volume in the CAS Monograph Series, is now available for download. This monograph, written by Mark Shapland, illustrates the practical implementation of the Hayne MLE modeling framework as a powerful tool for estimating a distribution of unpaid claims.