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About Academic Central
The Academic Central program is for non-members who are involved in teaching actuarial science, mathematics, economics, business, or related courses, and who have an interest in the activities of the Casualty Actuarial Society. There is no membership fee.
Educators are welcome to register as Academic Central members by completing a brief online application.
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The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) is governed by its members through the CAS Constitution, which outlines the CAS’s statement of purpose, classes of members, Board of Directors, and officers.
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CREDIT RISK SECTIONThe purposes of the Credit Risk Special Interest Section are to promote discussion and the exchange of ideas among members and subscribers on the subject of credit risk evaluation, to provide forums for such discussions to take place, to advance the knowledge of actuarial science as applied to credit risk through both original research and surveys of members’ and subscribers’ collective knowledge, and to promote good fellowship among its member and subscribers.OFFICERSPresident: Michael C. Schmitz, FCAS
Our October update about on-demand education available from UCAS features content from our recent webinars and the Virtual Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar!
Grading will take place from mid-May through mid-June and travel to Las Vegas for the grading session on June 15-16 is required. Travel expenses are reimbursed!Volunteers must be a Fellow or long-term Associate. ACAS members are welcome to serve on the committee under the following conditions:
The School of Actuarial Science & Risk Management at the College of Business and Public Administration of Drake University is hosting a Workshop on Catastrophe Risk virtually on February 19, 2021. The event will serve as a platform for academic researchers and industry practitioners to exchange research ideas and disseminate recent advances in catastrophe insurance and related fields.
Variance Prize
This prize recognizes the best papers published in Variance, the scientific peer-reviewed journal. The amount of the Variance Prize is currently $5,000.
Past Recipients:
2022
Drake Landry and Steven Martin
“Policy-Level Unreported Frequency Model for Pure IBNR Estimation.”
Variance volume 15, no. 1
Find resources to conduct committee business here. Everything a committee chairperson might need can be found here, including templates, guidelines and important administrative links.
The CAS Research Paper Template:Has been developed to allow for a consistent appearance and structure for papers published in the CAS Forum.Will allow CAS members and other readers to more easily browse through issues of the Forum.Is required to be used by CAS research working parties and call paper authors when submitting papers.Can be downloaded below and comes with a set of instructions.Description of Research Paper Template (.pdf)
Our November update about on-demand education available from UCAS features content from our recent webinars and the Virtual Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar!
ARECA is pleased to announce the 2020/21 scholarship competition for current undergraduate students in the Asia Pacific region who are interested in pursuing the actuarial profession. Learn More.
Our May update about on-demand education available from UCAS features content from our recent webinars and the recent Virtual Spring Meeting.
In this edition of the CAS Research and Development Newsletter, read updates from the chairs and staff who comprise CAS R&D, as well as a special report on our new Github presence by our research actuary, Brian Fannin. Access the newsletter here.
The CAS Trust Scholarship program, funded by donations to the CAS Trust, awards up to three scholarships to deserving students annually. The scholarship’s intent is to further students’ interest in the property/casualty actuarial profession and encourage pursuit of the CAS designation. Recipients are chosen, by the CAS Trust Scholarship Subcommittee.
Dear CAS Volunteers,
VOLUNTARY SECTION DUES DESCRIPTIONS
Pay for your section dues online, along with your CAS dues payment or add these items to your shopping cart separately from the Merchandise section of the Online Store.
Please note: CAS members that are not members of the AAA have an $80 ABCD fee added to their dues invoices.
In a new article for Carrier Management magazine, CAS Fellows Claudine Modlin and Roosevelt Mosley provide insight into What Executives Need to Know About Predictive Analytics in 2020, including six key themes to help achieve the benefits of predictive analytics. Areas where Modlin and Mosley recommend focusing include building multidimensional teams, learning machine learning and A.I. and ensuring data strategies align with analytics applications.
MANAGING SESSIONS AT CAS EVENTS
The staff of the Professional Education Department has developed these resources to assist coordinators, moderators and speakers.
Our April update about on-demand education available from the University of CAS (UCAS) features content from the recent ERM Symposium and other ERM topics. Manage risks and seize opportunities with these sessions available through UCAS:
Our May update about on-demand education available from UCAS features content from our recent webinars including the popular Professionalism webinar: Professionalism in Novel Situations. Also, want to break into Git/GitHub but don't know how to do it? We've come up with some easily digestible videos that will help you get onto the CAS GitHub:
The latest FAQ related to COVID-19 and the CAS. Learn More
Access the 2019 CAS Annual Report to view CAS statistics and key activities from the past year.
This FAQ has been compiled to answer questions about changes to the standard CAS admissions process resulting from the cancellation.
Submit your proposal to share expertise with the CAS community through the 2021 Webinar Committee Call for Presentations. Proposals are due March 31, 2021.
Back in January, I was thrilled to have finally arrived at the point in my exam process where I was registering for the CAS Course on Professionalism (COP). Read More.