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The CAS expects to release results for the Spring 2021 exams 5-9 the week of July 5.
Results will be released between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. Candidates will be notified via email when their results are available. Candidates will access their exam grade for the Spring 2021 sitting in the “My Exams” section of their online CAS profile. For candidates that did not pass, a more comprehensive grade report will be available.
The CAS is seeking volunteer mentors to participate in our 2nd annual Student Central Summer Program, an eight-week interactive professional and educational experience for university students spanning June 14 thru August 6. This free online program, designed by practicing actuaries, will support students’ career growth by providing technical and soft skill development through a series of weekly modules. Complete program details are outlined in the following announcement.
The Florida homeowners market is one of the most complex and dynamic insurance markets in the nation. This webinar will discuss recent trends and events related to the state’s homeowners market, including potential impacts of recent legislation on the primary market and on the state’s insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation.
The CAS Statements of Principles were originally published in 1988 to provide a conceptual foundation for common actuarial applications, prior to the development of Actuarial Standards of Practice by the Actuarial Standards Board. While they were not intended to provide practice guidance, the Principles contained several instances of standards-type concepts and language.
The Modern Actuarial Statistics exam committees are in need of volunteers!
Each committee will meet twice a year (late April/early May and late October/early November) to review questions, compile the next exam and conduct the pass mark panel. The meetings are generally 2½ days. Travel is not required at this time; no decision has been made regarding travel in the future.
Each committee member is expected to write about 6-8 multiple choice questions for each meeting and to review the questions written by others. No grading is required.
2021 Honorees include Arizona State University, Brigham Young University, Georgia State University, University of New South Wales
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Join the Diversity Impact Group (DIG) to receive a monthly newsletter that encapsulates upcoming events and volunteer opportunities both within the CAS as well as our partner organizations. Log in to Community.casact.org (using your CASact.org username/password), go to Communities > All Communities, find Diversity Impact Group, and hit JOIN.
Jessica Leong, FCAS, interviews Quantium co-founder Adam Driussi to learn how he harnessed actuarial expertise to enter new business markets for actuaries. To see the interview, visit the CAS YouTube channel.
The purpose of the “Exams IRL (in real life)” series is to share how content from CAS exams are used in the workplace today. In essence, the series aims to supply a little motivation by answering the questions “Why am I learning this stuff?” and “When am I ever going to use any of it?” If you have not already done so, please take a moment to read our prior articles (see Exams IRL Archive below).
If you are like me, when you packed up to leave work on March 13, 2020, you definitely thought you’d be back in the office in a few weeks — maybe a month or two, tops. Or in my specific case with a baby due in early April, I thought surely by the time I returned from maternity leave in late June that we’d all be in the regular office space again. Unfortunately, it’s only now, over a year later, that we are beginning to see many companies in the insurance space truly start their return to office plans.
We recently spoke to Dustin Larson, CAS Education Coordinator, about the newly created Exam 6-International to learn how it’s different from the other Exam 6 offerings and how the creation of this exam helps to increase the CAS’s global reach. Read on for more!
The purpose of this Statement is to identify and describe principles applicable to the determination and review of property and casualty insurance rates. The principles in this Statement are limited to that portion of the ratemaking process involving the estimation of costs associated with the transfer of risk.
This webinar is complimentary to CAS Members.
This webinar is 90 minutes.
Asian members and candidates make up a large portion of actuaries in the CAS, but data shows that there are still barriers to advancement and success facing this group. In this session we will uncover the diverse challenges impacting Asian actuaries working in Western countries. Panelists will discuss their personal experiences, share strategies for Asian actuaries to achieve success, and provide tips for allies to help foster an inclusive workplace.
This intensive virtual bootcamp features five lectures, group Capstone Projects and office hours to engage directly with our distinguished instructors. With two sessions per week, over the span of four weeks, this course will give the attendee an introduction to the R programming language, with the objective of preparing attendees to be able to apply what they've learned upon completion of the course. To that end, the focus is on direct, interactive content delivery.
2021 Spring Meeting Recordings
The 2021 Virtual Spring Meeting Recordings are now online! Obtain all three days of recordings for $250 (36 sessions total) or individual days for $100 each. View some of our most highly ranked sessions now on-demand!
When you’re studying for an exam, do you ever wonder, “Why am I learning this stuff?” and “When am I ever going to use any of it?” This is the sixth article in a series that will answer these questions for you! Read on below to see how you might use Exam 8 in your day-to-day work. For previous articles about other exams, please see the links at the end of this article.
The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and The Institutes CPCU Society invite you to be a part of the 2020 Virtual Underwriting Collaboration Seminar scheduled for November 18, 2020. For the first time ever, this seminar will be an all-virtual, stand-alone event.
The UCS Planning Committee strives to construct a rich program addressing relevant matters, applications and insight with heavy focus on actuarial and underwriting issues. The goal is to foster cross-pollination and collaboration of risk management professionals without regard to industry sector or geographic location.
Registration for Fall 2021 CAS Exams, MAS-I, MAS-II, 5, 6-Canada, 6-International, 6-US, and 8, will open on June 15, 2021.
A Town Hall meeting was held virtually in conjunction with the 2021 CAS Spring Meeting on Monday, May 24th. Topics covered included:
Year One Goals of the CAS Strategic Plan
CAS Strategic Approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
CAS International Strategy
Volunteer Staff Framework
The CAS expects to release results for the Spring 2021 exams 5-9 at the end of June or in early July. We understand that candidates are eager to know their results and finalize their plans for the Fall 2021 sitting. We are making every effort to release results for Exams 5-9 as soon as possible and will announce a release date as soon as it is finalized.
