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Greg Frankowiak, FCAS, CSPA, brings his underwriting and pricing expertise to the Carrier Management article, “Stronger Together: How Underwriters and Actuaries Benefit From Close Ties.” In the article, Frankowiak describes the benefits of mixing the analytical expertise of actuaries and the judgement and historical persp
Carrier Management’s recent article, “A Time to Shine: How Insurance CROs Stepped Up to COVID Challenges” takes a look at the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of leading chief risk officers.
The CAS was a proud sponsor of the Caribbean Actuarial Association’s Virtual 2020 Annual Conference November 30 to December 3. CAS Board Chair Steve Armstrong spoke at the President’s Town Hall Monday and CAS member Steve Kolk provided information on the Actuaries Climate Index. In addition to sponsoring the event, the CAS provided the following recorded sessions from previous CAS events:
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Tommy Anderson said the monetary value of the CAS Trust Scholarship he received made a significant impact on his ability to pay for school. However, he shares that the benefits he got from the scholarship reached far beyond the financial support. Read more.
The Casualty Actuarial Society, the Society of Actuaries, and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries have selected General (Ret.) Charles H. “Chuck” Jacoby, Jr., as the Featured Speaker of the 2020 Enterprise Risk Management Symposium, March 9-10, 2020, Tampa, Florida. Learn more.
CAS Research Actuary Brian Fannin, ACAS, CSPA, MAAA, recorded a webinar for university students based on his research brief, “COVID-19: The Property - Casualty Perspective.” The recording, which has been released through CAS Student Central, our free membership program for students interested in pursuing an actuarial career, is also available to CAS members, affiliates and partners via the University of CAS w
In celebration of the 50th annual Earth Day, the CAS is finalizing touches on a new Climate Change Resource Library that encompasses past meeting and seminar presentations, recordings, articles and research papers covering the impacts of a changing climate on P&C insurance risks. This resource library will be available within the next week.Some of the items include:Conference Presentations
Taipei, Taiwan September 14-15, 2020
Our May update about on-demand education available from UCAS features content from our recent webinars including the popular Professionalism webinar: Professionalism in Novel Situations. Also, want to break into Git/GitHub but don't know how to do it? We've come up with some easily digestible videos that will help you get onto the CAS GitHub:
Access the 2019 CAS Annual Report to view CAS statistics and key activities from the past year.
The CAS has finalized the Fall 2020 exam schedule, which has been revised to accommodate the addition of Exams 7 and 9 to the fall sitting and the transition of exams MAS-I and MAS-II to computer-based testing. The new schedule is as follows: Exam Date MAS-I November 10, 2020 MAS-II November 13, 2020 Exam 5
Quantification of Cyber Risk for ActuariesBecause of its complexity, ensuring the security of cyberspace is one of today’s most significant challenges. As the cyber environment becomes more integrated with the real world, the direct impact of cybersecurity incidents on business is also heightened. Authored by researchers at the University at Albany—SUNY (Albany, NY), Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA), and Tallinn University of Technology (Tallinn, Estonia), this study aims to develop a generic model that can be applied by any organization.
The General Officer of the CAS Syllabus and Examination Committee has released a memorandum outlining approved changes for the Spring 2021 CAS Syllabus of Basic Education. The document is available here.
Sample questions for both MAS-I and
After much deliberation among the ASTIN and AFIR/ERM Section Boards and CAS staff, considering the current state worldwide of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided to postpone the Actuarial Colloquia to the Spring of 2022. We will provide more information later as we finalize the dates and location.
Deadline Extended to October 15, 2020The Casualty Actuarial Society is pleased to announce a call for essays on the property-casualty insurance implications of COVID-19.As COVID-19 and related government-issued stay-at-home orders have impacted the P&C industry in a number of ways, the CAS would like to know how P&C actuaries, actuarial science academics, insurance industry professionals and risk managers are responding to the crisis. The CAS is looking for individuals to prepare short essays addressing a variety of COVID-19-related topics.
Arlington, Va. – October 8, 2020 – The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) announces the appointment of Sean Kevelighan, president and chief executive officer of the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I), to its Board of Directors for a one-year term that begins in November 2020.
Submit your proposal to share expertise with the CAS community through the 2021 Webinar Committee Call for Presentations. Proposals are due March 31, 2021.
CLIMATE CHANGE TOPS EMERGING RISKS IN 2019 SURVEYThe Annual Survey of Emerging Risks, sponsored by the CAS/SOA/CIA Joint Risk Management Section (JRMS), a collaboration of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), Society of Actuaries (SOA), and Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA), attempts to track the thoughts of risk managers about emerging risks across time.
Our November update about on-demand education available from UCAS features content from our recent webinars and the Virtual Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar!
Exams available for computer-based testing: MAS-I on November 10, 2020 and MAS-II on November 13, 2020. Learn More.
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With recent CAS membership surveys demonstrating growing support for voting rights for CAS Associates, the CAS Board of Directors approved putting the issue to a formal vote of the Fellows. The 2020 CAS elections ballot includes a proposal to amend the CAS Constitution and Bylaws to allow Associates who have been members for at least five years to vote in CAS elections for president-elect and board of directors.Listen to a short message about the issue from the Chair of the CAS Board of Directors, Jim Christie.
Balloting for the 2020 CAS election closed on August 31, 2020.Kathy Antonello has been elected President-Elect.Kris DeFrain, Alejandra Nolibos, Erika Schurr, and Geoff Werner have been elected to the Board of Directors.According to the election procedures approved by the Board, all vote counts are released to the membership. These follow: President-Elect Kathy Antonello 1,557 Director Alejandra Nolibos
