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Highlights of the 2021 Annual Meeting

January 31, 2022March 9, 2022 Event Coverage Members

The 2021 CAS Annual Meeting has taken over AR’s Professional Insight and ViewPoint departments with stories on meeting sessions covering climate risk, race and insurance pricing, and cyber insurance as well as pioneering career paths for actuaries.

“Do You Want to Be the Actuary of the Future?” By Jessica Leong
“Race and Insurance Pricing Session Defines Terms and Advises on Next Steps” By Dale Porfilio
“When Nontraditional Meets Traditional: Executives Tout Innovative Career Paths and Old School Grit and Determination” By Dale Profilio
“Actuaries’ ‘Superpowers’ Are Essential to Navigating Climate Risk” by Jeff Dunsavage
“New Risk Mitigation, Pricing and Underwriting Strategies Breathe Hope Into Hard Cyber Insurance Market” By Annmarie Geddes Baribeau

Looks like she made it! Left to right, Jessica Leong and Steve Armstrong congratulate new CAS Fellow Cherie M. Dill, who is accompanied by her young, grinning daughter, Karis.

Life imitates art. Jacob Galecki of Galecki Search Associates LLC strikes a familiar pose.

Machine learning advocate. Featured speaker Eric Siegel, Ph.D. discusses “Forging a Successful Path to Machine Learning Deployment.”

Passing the torch. Jessica Leong bestows the CAS Presidential Medal upon incoming President Kathy Antonello

During and after. Jacob Novonty, an actuarial science student at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, poses for the CAS photographer. CAS Student Program participants had the opportunity to attend sessions and learn from members in the industry as well as to network with other students and professionals. Inset: Novonty’s head shot.

Recognizing new ACAS and FCAS. Two floor-to-ceiling name walls were erected to honor CAS Associates and Fellows who earned their designations in 2020 and 2021.

A Town Hall discussion. Outgoing CAS President Jessica Leong, CAS CEO Victor Carter-Bey and incoming CAS President Kathy Antonello host an in-person and webcast Town Hall with CAS Leaders on November 8, 2021.

A banner accomplishment. A new ACAS poses at the CAS “step and repeat” photo backdrop during the Recognition Reception for New Associates on November 7, 2021.

The food of knowledge. Cooking up some actuarial expertise as part of the concurrent session, “Travelers Actuarial Reserving Cooking Show,” are (left to right) Colin Heydorn, FCAS; Darian Garner, ACAS; and Nick LaPenta, FCAS.

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