Casualty Actuarial Society Announces 2020 CAS Trust Scholarship Recipients
The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) is pleased to announce that eight university students have been selected as recipients of the 2020 CAS Trust Scholarship, an honor created to further students' interest in the property and casualty actuarial profession and encourage the pursuit of the CAS designations. This year, the program was expanded from three scholarships to eight scholarships, with awards ranging from $2,500 to $5,000. This year's awardees are Mark Cappaert, Mikayla Daniels, Kinsey Turk, Matthew Scarpill, Asrielle Allen, Justin Garber, Owen Langejans and Oleksandr Nikipielov.
$5,000 Recipients
Mark Cappaert is a rising Senior at the University of Michigan majoring in actuarial mathematics. He spent the summer of 2019 interning at Hagerty Insurance and is spending this summer as a Product Development Actuarial Intern at Allianz Life. Cappaert is also the president of the Student Actuaries Club at the University of Michigan and traveled to Switzerland to study the triple-bottom-line decision making process. "I am truly honored to be given this great recognition by CAS. As a student actuary I will continue to work hard and give back to the community that has helped me get to this point."
Mikayla Daniels is a double-major in actuarial science and statistics at the University of Waterloo. She has completed three internships and will be pursuing an internship this summer at Intact Financial Corporation. Previous employers have included Munich Re, Royal Sun Alliance and London Life Insurance. "I am truly honoured to be a recipient of the 2020 CAS Trust Scholarship Award. I am grateful for the generosity, support, and encouragement the CAS provides aspiring actuaries such as myself. I am determined to receive my FCAS designation while leaving a positive impact in our community by giving back whenever possible."
Matthew Scarpill is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science at Saint Joseph's University. He previously interned at Aetna as an actuarial consultant in 2019 and Aflac in 2018 as a sales associate. Scarpill is very involved on campus as the current President of Saint Joseph's Actuarial Club and board member of their Gamma Iota Sigma chapter. He also competes on Saint Joseph's Division I Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field team. "I truly am forever indebted to the CAS. Not only for this prestigious award, but for the knowledge and guidance its leaders have given me."
Kinsey Turk is a CAS Student Ambassador and Gamma Iota Sigma Chapter President at Arizona State University. She will be graduating with a master's degree in Actuarial Science in May 2021. Turk is a current actuarial intern at Allstate and previously interned at Optumas in 2019 and Nationwide Insurance in 2018. "My acceptance of this award marks three years since I originally applied to the CAS Trust Scholarship. At that time, I was concluding my first year in college, preparing to start my first internship, and beginning to study for my first actuarial exam. I knew my chances of being selected were slim, but, just like the rest of my life at the time, I understood that the application would be the first of many. As I continued my journey, I bore witness to the success and strength of past winners and drew on their example to shape myself into a person deserving of such a high accolade. Now, three years later, I am honored to be among those young men and women who I so aspired to be. Thank you to everyone who has helped me from my first day of class and an even greater thank you to the generosity of the CAS."
$2,500 Recipients
Asrielle Allen is a rising senior studying Actuarial Science and Data Analytics at Drake University. She will be interning this summer at Prudential on their International Pricing team. Allen was also an Actuarial and Analytics Leadership Development Program Intern at Travelers in 2019. "I am very thankful to the Casualty Actuarial Society for selecting me as a CAS Trust Scholarship Recipient. I have looked up to past recipients of this award, so to receive it myself is truly an honor. I would like to thank God, my parents, Drake University, my professional network, and this society for encouraging me as I pursue a career as an actuary."
Justin Garber is the current Actuarial Club President at Illinois State University and will be entering his senior year this Fall as an actuarial science major. He will be interning at Cigna this summer as an Actuarial Intern. Garber's previous experience includes interning at Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, Reinsurance Group of America, Sentry Insurance and studying abroad in Hong Kong in 2019. "It is very exciting to receive this award. I am very grateful to all the people who helped me with the application process and to everyone who helped train me into who I am today. I continue to look forward to my career in actuarial science and the impact that I can have in the industry."
Owen Langejans is a rising Junior at the University of Michigan where he is studying Actuarial Mathematics and Data Science. Currently, Langejans is pursuing an internship at Auto-Owners as an Analytics Research & Development Intern. Additional experience includes working as a P&C Pricing Actuarial Intern at Farm Bureau Financial Services and at Forensic Fluids Laboratories in their database and reporting department. "I am beyond thankful to receive this prestigious award. This scholarship as well as the CAS's fantastic resources for budding actuaries truly show their investment in the future generation. I am confident that with the support of the CAS I will reach FCAS designation, a life-long goal of mine. I also want to thank God, my family and friends, as well as my awesome mentors and professors that have wholeheartedly invested in me."
Oleksandr Nikipielov is a current student at Temple University majoring in Actuarial Science and minoring in Management Information Systems. He is a very active member of his school's Gamma Iota Sigma (GIS) Chapter serving as both Director of Finance and Director of MIS. Nikipielov is working as an Actuarial Pricing Intern this summer at Munich Reinsurance America. Previously he spent the summer of 2018 working as an Actuarial Intern at Arsenal Insurance in Ukraine, and worked as an Actuarial Intern for Korn Ferry in 2019. "The CAS Trust Scholarship Award will absolutely impact my future academic development by opening learning opportunities in front of me that would not be available otherwise! I am extremely grateful to the committee for placing their trust in me and promise to do my best to meet the expectations."Winners of the CAS Trust Scholarship were chosen by the CAS Trust Scholarship Subcommittee. Applicants must be enrolled as full-time students at a U.S. or Canadian college or university, demonstrate high scholastic achievement, and have taken at least one actuarial exam. A selection committee of CAS members assesses the candidates' academic records, two letters of recommendation and an application essay.
