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The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) has established a partnership with ACS Ventures to fulfill the next phase of its Admissions Transformation Plan (ATP). ACS, an industry leader in testing and credentialing, has provided its psychometric expertise to a wide variety of state, regional, national, and international education and credentialing testing programs. Psychometrics is the science and practice of testing and measurement, and the ACS partnership provides CAS with best practices from the field to further enhance CAS credentialing exams’ validity and reliability, enabling the CAS to evolve its exam development while maintaining the same level of rigor.

The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) is pleased to announce the addition of two new staff members to support CAS’s important mission to educate property and casualty actuaries and help realize the organization’s bold envisioned future.

The full program of sessions at the 2022 ASTIN and AFIR/ERM Virtual Actuarial Colloquia, June 21-24, is now posted to the Colloquia website.

May 19, 2022 - The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and Society of Actuaries (SOA) are excited to announce a Needs-Based Exam Reimbursement Pilot Program. The registration fees for preliminary exams can be a barrier to entry to the actuarial profession, and this new program provides assistance to actuarial candidates who demonstrate financial need, aiding them in their actuarial journey.

After a great deal of consideration, the Hachemeister Prize Task Force opted not to award the prize this year.

You are cordially invited to the 57th Actuarial Research Conference August 3–6, 2022, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

The CAS is thrilled to announce that both the 2022 Annual Meeting and the 2022 Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar will be hybrid events, with options for in-person or virtual attendance. The in-person components will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota and St. Louis, Missouri respectively and the virtual option will include opportunities to participate in several livestream sessions per day of each event.

The IFoA’s annual General Insurance event, GIRO 2022 is scheduled to take place (in-person) November 21-23, 2022 in Liverpool, England.

The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) announced a new Online Course on Data Concepts in a December news post outlining changes to CAS’s 2023 credentialing requirements. This new course will provide candidates with P&C industry knowledge and data skills that will prepare them with job-ready capabilities for entry-level actuarial positions.