Overview

The goal of both of the Casualty Actuarial Society seminars on Dynamic Financial Analysis (DFA) is to enhance the financial professional's role in the strategic planning and tactical decision-making processes by integrating asset-based concepts with liability concepts. This year the CAS Limited Attendance Seminar on Dynamic Financial Analysis and the CAS Special Interest Seminar on Dynamic Financial Analysis are being offered at the same location over a three-day period. This will allow attendees a convenient forum to choose from a variety of subjects and presentation styles to most appropriately meet their educational needs.

Thursday morning will feature the keynote speaker, Edmund Kelly, chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer of Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies. He will address, among other topics, practical applications of DFA for insurance pricing and performance management.

This year, the seminar will highlight practical techniques and applications of DFA. One aspect of this emphasis will be the concurrent sessions showcasing the recent contributions of authors responding to the CAS Call for Discussion Papers on DFA: "Dynamic Financial Analysis, A Case Study." The seminar will also include an introductory track as well as tracks geared toward the tactical and strategic uses of DFA and the perspectives of nonactuaries on DFA. These sessions will provide numerous examples of how primary and reinsurance company personnel have utilized DFA applications.

Target Audience

In addition to furthering the educational pursuits of actuaries and other financial professionals at all experience levels on practical DFA applications, the seminar will also present some of the latest research on DFA from the academic arena.

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