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Notes From the Syllabus and Examination Committee
Occasionally the Syllabus and Examination Committee responds to questions that arise about specific exam issues. The most recent responses can be found in the expandable sections below.
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Climate Change
Actuaries Climate Index project
CAS Climate Change Resource Library
Catastrophe Risk Management Credentials from The CAS Institute
Wildfires: Could They Be Manageable Catastrophes?, Actuarial Review, July/August 2019
The Casualty Actuarial Society E-Forum is a nonrefereed, electronic journal produced by the Casualty Actuarial Society. The CAS is not responsible for statements or opinions expressed in the papers in this electronic publication.
The Casualty Actuarial Society joined an array of international industry leaders for the Actuarial Society of Hong Kong’s (ASHK) 4th General Insurance Virtual Seminar, Preparing and Dealing with Change.
Dive In is a global movement in the insurance sector to support the development of inclusive workplace cultures. Its mission is to enable people to achieve their potential by raising awareness of the business case and promoting positive action for diversity in all its forms. Since its birth in 2015, Dive In has grown exponentially, reaching global heights with events taking place across 32 countries world-wide, attracting more than 10,000 people.
The CAS is collecting stories on how actuaries and other insurance professionals are using CAS Research to help them in their work? For example, did the Research Brief, “On Insurability and Transfer of Pandemic Business Interruption Risk,” help you to explain criteria for insurability to insureds so that they may better understand why certain risks are uninsurable?
Arlington, Va. – July 23, 2021 – The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) today announced that John Kleine, a sales and strategy leader with over 30 years of experience in business, product, and market development, has joined the CAS as the organization’s first chief growth officer (CGO).
March 14 - 16, 2022*
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Deadline: September 13, 2021
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>The new Variance Journal website is now live! A list of frequently asked questions is available in the About section of the website.
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Nearly 370 insurance industry professionals recently earned their Associateship (ACAS) or Fellowship (FCAS) credentials from the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) by passing examinations given during the CAS’s May 2021 exam sitting.
The CAS Exam Committee is in need of volunteers. Current openings are for question writers for both MAS and upper-level exams. MAS committees meet for 2 days twice a year (March/early April and September/early October). For upper-level exams, question writing will take place starting in August and ending with a virtual writers’ summit in late September. No travel is required at this time.
Many CAS members have expressed concerns to senior leadership regarding a recent email that sought to influence their vote on the CAS Bylaws proposal that is on the 2021 CAS elections ballot. The email contained misstatements, and we believe it is important to clarify those misstatements.
The Bylaws proposal consists of three main changes endorsed by the Board of Directors, two of which were recommended by CAS legal counsel to reflect best practices in association management.
As part of our continued efforts to improve our digital and online presence, the CAS has chosen ScholasticaHQ as our new journal hosting site. With this transition, the CAS recommits its efforts to the mission of Variance, “to be a significant player in the larger scientific community.” The new platform allows Variance issues to be typeset in full HTML, making them much more discoverable by scholarly search engines as well as easily readable on any device — mobile, tablet and desktop.
In advance of voting on the CAS Bylaws Proposal in conjunction with the CAS elections in August, CAS President Jessica Leong has shared this brief video message with the CAS Community.
The American Academy of Actuaries’ Committee on Qualifications (COQ) has approved the release of a second exposure draft of the Qualification Standards for Actuaries Issuing Statements of Actuarial Opinion in the United States (USQS), and comments are invited.
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As many CAS members know, actuaries are often involved in acts of service for their communities, be it actuarially related or not! To highlight our members’ community service outside of the workplace, the CAS is launching our very own Actuaries in Community Month! This campaign is the third in our “Actuaries in…” series, following #ActuariesinPOP and #ActuariesinMUSIC.
The CAS Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the President-Elect and Board candidates for the 2021 CAS elections. Voting members (Associates who have been members at least five years and Fellows) will cast ballots in August to elect four directors from among the eight candidates.
President-Elect: Roosevelt Mosley
Candidates for Board of Directors:
We hope you have enjoyed following along with the hashtag #ActuariesinCOMMUNITY this June celebrating our members’ community service outside of the workplace. This campaign is the third in our “Actuaries in…” series, following #ActuariesinPOP and #ActuariesinMUSIC.
Conflict; most people conjure up a nasty image just reading the word. Fights, arguments, bickering; the list goes on and on. What if we stepped back and looked at conflict from another perspective? This webinar will help you view conflict as a healthy hurdle towards progress.
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As actuaries work more and more with teams of data scientists and software engineers, they are more likely to encounter use of the Python programming language. While R is an environment for performing statistical analysis, Python is a general-purpose programming language.
