The DFA Seminars Are Coming!
The DFA Seminars Are Coming!

by Robert J. Walling, Chairperson, Committee on the Dynamic Financial Analysis Seminar

Both the CAS Special Interest Seminar on Dynamic Financial Analysis and the CAS Limited Attendance Seminar on DFA are coming to The Boston Park Plaza Hotel, June 6-8, 2001.  

The Limited Attendance Seminar will be held on Wednesday, June 6.  It is a hands-on workshop that will teach the basic concepts of DFA through case studies and the application of actual data.  Attendees will become familiar with the fundamental interrelationships of DFA in a small-group, classroom environment.

The Special Interest Seminar on Dynamic Financial Analysis will be held on Thursday, June 7 and Friday, June 8.  It will include a general session, featuring Ted Kelly, Chairman of Liberty Mutual Group, and concurrent sessions on a variety of DFA topics.  This year's topics place a heavy emphasis on practical applications of DFA concepts.  Among them are sessions on enterprise risk management, reinsurance applications, pricing and retention modeling, a variety of different risk metrics, and nonactuarial perspectives on DFA.  The seminar will also feature a presentation by authors of papers contributed to the 2001 DFA Call Paper Program.  These papers are case studies of a sample insurance company using a common data source.

By having the Limited Attendance Seminar immediately precede the Special Interest Seminar, individuals can learn the basic concepts on the first day and then attend the DFA Seminar where more technical approaches and broader concepts will be covered.  The common site and timing will also provide attendees a convenient forum to select from a variety of subjects and presentation styles.  The CAS is offering a reduced registration fee for people attending both seminars.

Registration information is available in a brochure that was mailed in April and is on the CAS Web Site.  Please note that the Seminar on DFA has been moved up from July to June to accommodate the ASTIN meeting in July.  This will require earlier registration and hotel reservation deadlines than in previous years.

Please contact Robert Walling at robertw@mhlconsult.com for additional information.

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