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The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 CAS Trust Scholarship! This honor was created to further students’ interest in the property and casualty actuarial profession and encourage the pursuit of the CAS designations.

We are excited to announce that Alex Salkever, renowned writer, futurist, and technology leader, will be the featured speaker at the upcoming 2023 CAS Annual Meeting. With his extensive knowledge and expertise in the intersection of technology and society, Alex Salkever promises to deliver an enlightening and thought-provoking discussion.

We are pleased to announce that registration for the highly anticipated CAS Annual Meeting is now open! Please save the dates of November 5-8, 2023, as we gather in the dynamic city of Los Angeles, California, for an exceptional event that promises to be the highlight of the year for insurance and actuarial professionals.

The Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) of the American Academy of Actuaries approved an exposure draft of a new ASOP on enterprise risk management to replace ASOP Nos. 46 and 47, Risk Evaluation in Enterprise Risk Management and Risk Treatment in Enterprise Risk Management, respectively. The proposed ASOP, titled Enterprise Risk Management, provides guidance to actuaries when performing actuarial services with respect to developing, maintaining, or reviewing all or part of an enterprise risk management (ERM) framework.

The Casualty Actuarial Society is thrilled to announce that registration for the 2023 Seminar on Reinsurance is open. This highly anticipated event will take place on June 5-6 in the vibrant city of Philadelphia and virtually.

For almost thirty years, The Actuarial Foundation has been changing the lives of students through its math tutoring, competition, and scholarship programs. As a former Trustee of the Foundation, I was inspired to serve and saw firsthand the difference that the Foundation’s programs are making. On May 11, there is a wonderful opportunity for the actuarial community to come together and celebrate the achievements of our Foundation.

We are still seeking your help finalizing our exam grading rosters for this sitting, specifically for these exams:

Exam 5: Basic Ratemaking and Estimating Claims Liabilities,
Exam 6U: Regulation and Financial Reporting (US)
Exam 7: Estimating Liabilities, Valuation, and ERM
Exam 9 Financial Risk and Rate of Return.

The CAS is seeking volunteer mentors to participate in the 2023 CAS Student Central Summer Program, an eight-week interactive professional and educational experience for university students spanning June 12 thru August 4!

As previously announced, the work of the CAS Admissions Transformation Plan (ATP) began with the Job Task Analysis (JTA) conducted in 2020, which resulted in recommendations for the high-level domains1 and tasks2 covered on each exam in the ACAS and FCAS exam pathway. This foundational analysis helps to inform the enhancements to all CAS exams, and we are now pleased to announce changes to Exams 7, 8 and 9.