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The CAS is pleased to announce the introduction of exam breaks during our four-hour exams, starting with the Fall 2023 exam sitting. This new initiative is designed to enhance the performance and well-being of all exam takers, by providing them with an opportunity to rest and recharge during their exams.

As previously announced with the CAS Admissions Transformation Plan, the CAS will be testing based on the new Content Outlines for Exams MAS-I, MAS-II, and 5 beginning this October/November 2023. With this transition, new item types will be introduced into the October/November 2023 exams. Previously, Exams MAS-I and MAS-II contained multiple choice, single response question types and Exam 5 contained constructed response and spreadsheet question types.

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 CAS is pleased to announce the release of its Spring 2023 E-Forum.

The CAS is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a research paper which studies and discusses the actuarial considerations associated with IFRS-17 implementation for general insurers in Asia.

A Town Hall discussion was held in conjunction with the 2023 CAS Spring Meeting on Monday, May 8, 2023 on the topic of “Preparing the Actuary of the Future.”

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 (CAS) and the Actuarial Institute of Chinese Taipei (AICT) invite you to be a part of the 2023 Joint Property/Casualty Actuarial Seminar scheduled for September 8, 2023, in Taipei.

Two new papers have been published on the Variance website

Variance is in search of associate editors (AEs) to manage the peer review of papers. This is a leadership position on the Editorial Board in which the AE will receive assistance and guidance from, and provide assistance to, the editor in chief and co-editor. It’s a great opportunity to contribute to new actuarial literature!