CAS News

The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) is expanding its pathway options to actuarial credentials with the introduction of a new Exam 6-International that will be offered for the first time during the Fall 2021 exam sitting. The new exam joins three other exams focused on regulation and financial reporting systems in specific jurisdictions: Exam 6-United States, Exam 6-Canada, and Exam 6-Taipei.

Last year, the CAS announced that the Board of Directors unanimously approved rescinding the three CAS Statements of Principles related to ratemaking, reserving, and valuation.

As Women’s History Month 2021 ends, let’s discuss women’s futures. We devote the month of March to honoring the accomplishments of women around the world.

As many CAS members know, March is Women's History Month – a month commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.

The Casualty Actuarial Society, in conjunction with the CAS Monograph Committee, is pleased to extend a call for monographs on the topic of Claim Inflation (often commonly referred to simply as “Trend”). The purpose of this call is to develop a source of literature with emphasis on the educational and professional needs of actuaries to systematically and explicitly account for claim inflation with particular focus on its impact on P&C actuarial pricing and reserving.

The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and Society of Actuaries (SOA) recently hosted three Be An Actuary programs in conjunction with Arizona State University, DePaul University and Temple University.