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As risks emerging from new technologies require more complex risk quantification and management tools, previous methods may no longer be relevant. At the same time, tools of the digital revolution — smartphones and wearable devices — are giving us more data than ever before. It is vital that actuaries mine this increasing volume of data and develop innovative techniques to evaluate it.
The Winter 2020 E-Forum issue features four essays on communications to senior management. Those essays include:
"Communication of Technical Results to Senior Management: The Art of Storytelling" by Jonathan Charak, FCAS, MAAA, CPL
"Communicating in Crisis Situations" by Rick Gorvett, FCAS, CERA, MAAA, FRM, ARM, Ph.D.; Chris Morse, Ph.D.; and Julie Volkman, Ph.D.
"Setting the Scene for Communicating Technical Results to Senior Management" by Christopher Smerald, FCAS, FIA, MAAA
GitHub
The CAS maintains an active organizational account on GitHub. What's GitHub? It's a cloud-based version control system that allows actuaries and others to share and enhance code. Note that code encompasses more than just software. By writing in a format like RMarkdown, we can also share research papers, and other human-readable items.
This year the Casualty Actuarial Society is moving forward with its Seminar on Reinsurance as a completely virtual event, June 1-2, 2020.
The purpose of this seminar is to provide information on a variety of reinsurance topics. Practical approaches to problems will be presented and discussion will be encouraged. Participants can expect to gain awareness and insight into difficult issues and are encouraged to share their own ideas.
CANE 2020 Fall Meeting Agenda
Actuarial Inclusion, Equity and Diversity Update - Recent Developments and How To Get Involved
Presentation 1
Presentation 2 (SAGAA)
Presentation 3 (IABA)
Presentation 4 (OLA)
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The Candidate Liaison Committee (CLC) mission included in our quarterly Future Fellows publication states, “The committee should advise the CAS and its committees of the interests of the candidates regarding matters that come before the CAS and its committees.” As currently written, our mission does not call out the work we do to collect a broad range of feedback from candidates sitting for CAS examinations.
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Applied statistical knowledge is important to Casualty Actuaries in their core areas of practice: reserving and ratemaking. Predictive modeling is also a tool that is increasingly being embraced by insurance companies, and knowledge of applied statistics is a foundation for understanding predictive models.
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In 2023, the CAS announced a new ACAS requirement called Property & Casualty Predictive Analytics (PCPA). While the initial deadline to earn the ACAS credential without taking PCPA was announced as November 1, 2025, the CAS recently decided to extend this deadline to January 1, 2026. This means that to earn your ACAS without taking PCPA, you must have each of the current ACAS requirements on your transcript prior to January 1, 2026. The last opportunities to earn credit for each of the current ACAS requirements will be the:
Updated March 31, 2025
Please review the Candidate Know Before you Go webpage before you go to your Pearson Vue Center appointment for important exam information.
The Casualty Actuarial Society is hosting the inaugural Academic Summit: Teaching Tomorrow’s Actuaries, an event designed to advance property and casualty actuarial education.
Whether your university is actively engaged in property and casualty topics or exploring ways to expand its actuarial offerings, this Summit will offer a unique opportunity to access teaching methodologies, industry insights, and valuable networking opportunities with fellow faculty and CAS professionals.
Summit Objectives
The registration deadline for Casualty Actuarial Society Exams MAS-I, MAS-II, 5, 6-Canada, 6-US, 7 and 9 is Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at 11:59pm ET.
Exam Dates
April 15 – 21, 2025
Registration for Cohort 3 is now open! Sessions begin May 13, 2025. Visit the Cohort 3 webpage to learn more and secure your spot.
This virtual bootcamp & cohort led by the Actuarial Data Science team at Akur8, demystifies AI and leverages your existing skills to explore transformative applications in actuarial science. Over eight comprehensive sessions, you will gain practical insights into key AI techniques and discover how to integrate them into your workflow to enhance efficiency and innovation.
