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The CAS is currently developing an online course for actuaries in Vietnam. As part of the course, we plan to translate most of the Exam 5 ratemaking (Werner & Modlin) and reserving (Friedland) study notes into Vietnamese.

The CAS is seeking volunteer mentors to participate in the 2022 CAS Student Central Summer Program, an eight-week interactive professional and educational experience for university students spanning June 13 thru August 5! This free online program, designed by practicing actuaries, will support students’ career growth by providing technical and soft skill development through a series of weekly modules.

The Casualty Actuarial Society invites you to be a part of an exciting seminar for fall 2022. The Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar Working Group is soliciting your submission of proposals for presentations at the upcoming event scheduled for September 19-21, 2022 in St. Louis, MO.

The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and Society of Actuaries (SOA) recently hosted the first Be An Actuary Month, an initiative designed to inform high school students about the actuarial profession as a career choice.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is proud to host one of the premier international academic conferences in the actuarial community - the 57th Actuarial Research Conference (ARC).

The upcoming April/May exam sitting will introduce a new essay response question type. In addition, we will now have questions that use more spreadsheet functionality; however, knowledge of specific spreadsheet formulas will not be required.

Diversity in Action Magazine recently featured Amber Rohde, FCAS, and CAS DE&I Staff Actuary Mallika Bender, FCAS, in their March-April issue. The issue covers women in finance; readers can find Rohde and Bender on page 44 and 45, where women who find success in accounting and actuarial fields are profiled.

The CAS is pleased to release the Winter 2022 E-Forum, which includes a report of the CAS Machine Learning Working Party titled “Machine Learning in Insurance.” This edition also features two submissions in response to the 2021 Call for Ratemaking Essays, conducted by the CAS Ratemaking Working Group.