CORP-Accepted Papers Posted On Web

The CAS Committee on Review of Papers has released its quarterly update of recently accepted papers. The listing below includes authors who have been invited to present papers at the 2000 CAS Spring Meeting. An asterisk indicates these authors.

Electronic versions of the accepted papers are located on the CAS Web Site at http://www.casact.org/pubs/corponweb/papers.htm . The CAS Editorial Committee is currently editing these papers for inclusion in the Proceedings of the Casualty Actuarial Society. As of April 3, 2000, CORP has accepted the following papers:

1. "Application of the Option Market Paradigm to the Solution of Insurance Problems" by Michael G. Wacek —Discussion by Stephen J. Mildenhall*

2. "Applications of Resampling Methods in Actuarial Practice"—by Krzystof M. Ostaszewski, Richard Derrig, and Grzegorz Rempala

3. "Best Estimates for Reserves"—Glen Barnett and Ben Zehnwirth

4. "The Direct Determination of Risk-Adjusted Discount Rates and Liability Beta"—by Russell E. Bingham*

5. "Estimating U.S. Environmental Pollution Liabilities by Simulation"—by Christopher Diamantoukos*

6. "Risk and Return: Underwriting, Investments and Leverage"—by Russell E. Bingham*