Special Interest Sections

About CAS Special Interest Sections

  • A Special Interest Section is a means for members of the Casualty Actuarial Society to organize the study and discussion of their common functional and/or professional interests.
  • A Section is intended to contribute information on these interests to the actuarial profession through special meetings, seminars, and research projects.
  • Sections are organized only after the approval of the Board of Directors and remain subordinate organizations of the Society. They are self-supporting and open to all members of the Society without regard to their prior experience or training.
  • Subscribers to the Society's Subscriber Program may also become subscribers to a Section. Other non-members of the Society who meet the requirements of each Section as defined in its Constitution may also become subscribers to a Section.
  • Information regarding the requirements to organize a Special Interest Section of the Casualty Actuarial Society may be obtained from the Director of Finance and Operations.
Casualty Actuaries in Regulation (AIR)
OFFICERS
Richard Marcks, President
CONTACT INFORMATION
Richard Marcks
State of Connecticut Insurance Dept.
PO Box 816
Hartford, CT 06142-0816
richard.marcks@po.state.ct.us
Casualty Actuaries in Reinsurance (CARe)
OFFICERS
Elliot Burn, President
Josh Fishman, Vice President

Elections—June (biyearly)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Steven Petlick
Senior Vice President, Casualty
Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation
175 King St
Armonk, NY 10504
(914) 828-8216
steven_petlick@swissre.com
Credit Risk Section
The purposes of the Credit Risk Special Interest Section are to promote discussion and the exchange of ideas among members and subscribers on the subject of credit risk evaluation, to provide forums for such discussions to take place, to advance the knowledge of actuarial science as applied to credit risk through both original research and surveys of members’ and subscribers’ collective knowledge, and to promote good fellowship among its member and subscribers.

OFFICERS
President: Michael C. Schmitz, FCAS
Vice President: David L. Ruhm, FCAS
Secretary: John E. Gaines, FCAS
Enterprise Risk Management
The purposes of the CAS ERM SIS are to promote discussion and the exchange of ideas among members on the subject of enterprise risk management, to provide forums for such discussions to take place, to advance the knowledge of actuarial science as applied to risk management through both original research and surveys of members’ collective knowledge, and to promote good fellowship among its members.

OFFICERS
President: Thomas E. Hettinger, ACAS, CERA
Vice President: Parr T. Schoolman, FCAS, CERA
Secretary: Kevin M. Madigan, ACAS, CERA

Joint Risk Management
The mission of this section is to advance the actuarial profession by assisting members of the section with the education, research, networking and other special needs that arise in the risk management section of actuarial science.