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A Town Hall meeting was held virtually on July 13 with members of the CAS Board of Directors and the CEO. The session began with an update on various initiatives taking place within the CAS, such as in the examination and education system. In addition, Board members updated attendees on strategic planning discussions taking place during the Board meeting held just prior to the Town Hall. The interactive session allowed attendees to ask questions on a wide variety of topics and provide feedback. We thank those who joined the conversation and shared their views with CAS leadership.
2017 CAS UNIVERSITY AWARD WINNER -ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
2016 University of CAS Award Winner
University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut actuarial science program, led by director James Trimble, serves 450 actuarial students taught by 6-full-time faculty in actuarial science and 12 adjunct professors.
The CAS Board of Directors has appointed two new vice presidents to the CAS Executive Council, for terms beginning in 2020-21.William B. Wilder, senior director II, Liberty Mutual Insurance, has been appointed as vice president-admissions. In this role, Wilder will partner with CAS staff to manage CAS activities leading to admission of new members of the CAS, including the organization’s flagship ACAS and FCAS credentialing programs.
The Society of Actuaries’ Committee on Knowledge Extension Research and the Casualty Actuarial Society announce the 2020 Individual Grant Competition to support the advancement of knowledge in actuarial science.
The project may be either theoretical or empirical in nature. A key criterion is that the project should have the potential to contribute significantly to the advancement of knowledge in actuarial science.
The Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) recently adopted Actuarial Standard of Practice (ASOP) No. 56, Modeling.The ASOP provides guidance to actuaries when performing actuarial services with respect to designing, developing, selecting, modifying, using, reviewing, or evaluating models. Notable changes made to the fourth exposure draft include deleting the section on margins because it did not provide sufficiently clear guidance. In addition, “hold-out data” in predictive modeling was defined and added to the list of items that may be included in the model output validation.
Academic Community Meeting and Seminar Fee Waiver Program for Academics
The CAS values the contributions of academics to the advancement of actuarial science and encourages academics to participate with practitioners at CAS meetings and seminars. Members of Academic Central may attend up to three CAS national meetings or seminars per year with registration fees waived. (This does not include Regional Affiliate Meetings.)
2020 In Focus – Virtual Seminar October 20-22 Deadline: May 5, 2020 The Casualty Actuarial Society is excited to invite you to submit proposals to our innovative, returning event. Following on the success of our event last year, the In Focus Seminar will be entirely virtual with presenters and attendees logging in from remote locations to attend this educational and networking event.We are seeking strong presenters who can present on these themes with some suggested session ideas below:Tracks:
2017 CAS UNIVERSITY AWARD WINNER - BALL STATE UNIVERSITYThe actuarial science program at Ball State University, led by Professor Gary Dean, consists of four faculty members and 150 actuarial students.
In celebration of the 50th annual Earth Day, the CAS is finalizing touches on a new Climate Change Resource Library that encompasses past meeting and seminar presentations, recordings, articles and research papers covering the impacts of a changing climate on P&C insurance risks. This resource library will be available within the next week.Some of the items include:Conference Presentations
The CAS expects to release results for the Fall 2020 MAS exams on Thursday, January 14. Results will be released between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. Candidates will be notified via email when their results are available. Candidates will access their exam grade for the Fall 2020 sitting in the “My Exams” section of their online CAS profile. As we get closer to the release date, if there is any change in the expected timing of the release, we will issue an updated announcement. For candidates that did not pass, a more comprehensive grade report will be available in mid-February.
After much deliberation among the ASTIN and AFIR/ERM Section Boards and CAS staff, considering the current state worldwide of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided to postpone the Actuarial Colloquia to the Spring of 2022. We will provide more information later as we finalize the dates and location.
The Emerging Issues Prize is awarded to the best call paper to come out of a new, but not necessarily repeating, call paper program. The Emerging Issues Prize is not necessarily an annual prize and can be sponsored by a different committee each time.
The amount of the Emerging Issues Prize is determined annually.
Recipients of the Emerging Issues Prize
2016
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2015
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Our August update about on-demand education available from UCAS features content from our recent webinars and our wildfire and flood microlearning series!
How much do you know about data visualization? Many CAS members are aware of the importance and utility of data visualization in their actuarial careers – but this month CAS will be highlighting this continually emerging tool on social media throughout the month of July using the hashtag #DYKdataviz!Follow along on our Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn as we post insights into data visualization and highlight how our members use it as an important tool in their toolbox. We also encourage you to keep an eye on the CAS Roundtable Blog for a post about the campaign!
Sample questions for both MAS-I and
The Casualty Actuarial Society recently published a new piece of research for members and risk management experts whose work could benefit from the use of economic scenario generators (ESGs). A User’s Guide to Economic Scenario Generation in Property/Casualty Insurance provides a basic guide to ESGs and has useful implications for insurance practitioners in the fields of enterprise risk management, capital modeling, asset liability management, finance and valuation.
CAS University Award Winner - Arizona State UniversityArizona State University’s actuarial science program, led by Dr. Jelena Milovanovic ACIA, AIAA, Actuarial Science Program Coordinator, has five actuarial faculty members and just over 100 actuarial students. The university impressed the judges with its focus on property and casualty insurance across curriculum, industry engagement and innovation.Examples include:
2018 CAS UNIVERSITY AWARD WINNER - RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINARenmin University of China’s actuarial science program, led by Professors Shengwang Meng and Xiaojun Wang, has nine actuarial faculty members and 110 actuarial students. The university impressed the judges with its focus on property and casualty insurance across curriculum, research, industry engagement and innovation.Examples include:
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.
Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Sample TestingThe following demonstration exams are a resource developed with questions from previous exams. The purpose is for the candidates to prepare for the exam environment by reviewing previous exam material with the features and functions of the Pearson VUE CBT environment.MODERN ACTUARIAL STATISTICS I DEMO EXAM
The Casualty Actuarial Society recently published a new piece of research with potential immediate applications in individual claims forecasting. Part of the new CAS Research Paper series, “Individual Claims Forecasting with Bayesian Mixture Density Networks” is written by Kevin Kuo and introduces an individual claims forecasting framework utilizing Bayesian mixture density networks; the paper outlines a modeling framework that uses a publicly available data simulation tool.
The University Engagement Committee (UEC) has resources available to support Regional Affiliates with their student outreach activities and events. From assistance promoting scholarships and student events, to providing presentation templates and materials to distribute to students, there are a number of resources available.
CAS University Liaison Presentations
The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Symposium provides thought leadership, best practices and networking opportunities to professionals working in the many aspects of enterprise risk management. The symposium supports the development of professional education within the actuarial discipline.
https://www.ermsymposium.org/
The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Symposium provides thought leadership, best practices and networking opportunities to professionals working in the many aspects of enterprise risk management. The symposium supports the development of professional education within the actuarial discipline.https://www.ermsymposium.org/erm-2017/