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In 2020, the CAS established a partnership with Pearson VUE, the global leader in computer-based testing, as its new test delivery partner to serve the CAS candidate community across the globe. With the close of the May 2023 exam sitting, the CAS has conducted six successful computer-based exam sittings with over 23,000 exams delivered.
The Casualty Actuarial Society has mutual recognition agreements with three other actuarial organizations. Details about qualification for Fellowship in the Casualty Actuarial Society by mutual recognition are included on the application forms that are linked below.
The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) has received five awards across four association award programs for exemplary work completed in 2022.
The CAS has released the 2024 Syllabus of Basic Education. This document includes important announcements; registration processes; schedules; detailed information about examinations, scoring, and accreditation; membership requirements; CAS policies; and more. Each candidate must read the entire Syllabus of Basic Education prior to registering for examinations.
The CAS Ratemaking Working Group is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking research related to methods and techniques that incorporate exposures related to severe convective storm in the ratemaking process.
Registration for the upcoming April/May 2024 exams will open on January 17, 2024.
Candidates will be notified directly when registration opens.
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The CAS is pleased to announce the publication of the new Content Outlines (formerly referred to as Syllabi) for Exams 6-United States, 6-Canada, 6-International, and 8 as outlined in the Admissions Transformation Plan (ATP). The new content outlines enable candidates to begin their preparations for the new exams, which are anticipated to launch in October/November of 2024. Candidates preparing for the April/May 2024 administration of Exams 6U or 6C should refer to the current April/May 2024 Syllabi.
Dear CAS Candidates and Members in Quebec,
Quebec Bill 96 includes language requirements for conducting business within Quebec, which requires all educational transactions to be completed in French. Currently, CAS exams and supporting materials are offered only in English, including within Canada.
The first E-Forum of 2024 is live! The Winter 2024 E-Forum features two independent research articles: Jim Weiss addresses potential bias in pricing models, and Pietro Parodi and colleagues examine loss modeling from first principles.
The CAS has released its schedule of 2024 examinations, which will be administered via computer-based testing at Pearson VUE Professional Centers.
The complete 2024 exam schedule is as follows:
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CAS Monograph No. 11: Federal Income Taxes — Provisions Affecting Property and Casualty Insurers: An Update to the Almagro/Ghezzi Paper of 1988 and the Feldblum Paper of 2007
by Arlene M. Richardson, FCAS, MAAA and Joel S. Chansky, FCAS, MAAA
CAS Monograph No. 10: Using the Hayne MLE Models: A Practitioner's Guide
by Mark Shapland
CAS Monograph No. 9: Data Quality Management in the P&C Insurance Sector
Reliable data has always been integral to P&C insurer operations, but the importance of data quality has increased significantly as new data sources and analytical methods, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, have become available. The phrase “garbage in, garbage out” has never been more relevant, and actuaries increasingly must understand and quantify the impact that the quality of the data has on their work.
CAS Monograph No. 3 : Stochastic Loss Reserving Using Generalized Linear Models
by Greg Taylor and Gráinne McGuire
CAS Monograph No. 6: A Machine-Learning Approach to Parameter Estimation
CAS Monograph No. 5: Generalized Linear Models for Insurance Rating, 2nd Edition
by Mark Goldburd, Anand Khare, Dan Tevet, and Dmitriy Guller
CAS Monograph No. 4: Using The ODP Bootstrap Model: A Practitioner’s Guide
by Mark Shapland, FCAS
CAS Monograph No. 2: Distributions for Actuaries
by David Bahnemann
CAS Monograph No. 8: Stochastic Loss Reserving Using Bayesian MCMC Models (2nd Edition)
by Glenn Meyers, FCAS, MAAA, CERA
