Research & Development Committees, Subcommittees and Working Parties
Find descriptions and rosters of all research-related groups in which CAS members volunteer. CAS has committees on such varied topics as reserving, ratemaking, risk, data management, and climate change.
Research & Development Committees
Committees are important to the future of CAS. Run by volunteers, they help further the development and dissemination of information in their area of expertise; monitor similar organizations, professional developments and regulatory activities; and sponsor panels, seminars or other professional education opportunities.
Climate Change Committee
Actuarial Climate Volatility Index Subcommittee
Committee on Dynamic Risk Modeling
Committee on Health Care Issues
Committee on Management Data & Information
Committee on Reinsurance Research
Committee on Valuation, Finance, and Investments
Hachemeister and Michelbacher Prizes Committee
Working Parties and Task Forces
Working Parties and Task Forces are formed, under the guidance of a Research Committee, with the specific charge to produce a research product or solve a research goal in a specified timeframe to help the CAS address long-standing research problems. The end result of a Working Party is often a written research paper or possible demonstration software.
Economic Capital Model Working Party (Dynamic Risk Modeling Committee)
Low Interest Rate Environment Working Party (Committee on Valuation, Finance & Investments)
Research Grants Task Force(Research Oversight Committee)
Risk-Based Capital (RBC) Dependencies and Calibration Working Party
Tail Factors Working Party (Committee on Reserves)
Working Party on Bornhuetter-Ferguson-Initial Expected Losses (Committee on Reserves)
Joint Research Committees and Groups
Joint Risk Management Section
The Society of Actuaries (SOA), Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) jointly sponsor the Risk Management Section. The purpose of the Risk Management Section is to further the education and research in the area of risk management and establish leading risk management techniques.
The North American Actuarial Council Collaborative Research Group
Formed in 2009, the North American Actuarial Council (NAAC) Collaborative Research Group works to coordinate and partner on important research activities among these North American actuarial organizations: the CAS, SOA , the Academy, CIA, Conference of Consulting Actuaries, Actuarial Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries, the Asociación Mexicana de Actuarios, the Asociación Mexicana de Actuarios Consultores and the Colegio Nacional de Actuarios of Mexico.
