This is our annual “Volunteers Make Things Happen” issue, where we highlight groups of people for their outstanding contributions. This year two groups take the stage: the Predictive Analytics Task Force and the Capability Model Task Force. These volunteers have been hard at work enhancing the path to CAS Associateship and helping members pinpoint the professional education they need to be top-notch actuaries.
Annmarie Geddes Baribeau’s article on personal auto trends is a must read for all who are working in that space, and a should read for a lot of the rest of us. We also have a piece by AR Working Group member Rob Kahn on the insurance new business paradox.
In our “Making Things Happen” column, we focus on Dalesa Bady, ACAS, who is doing her part to grow the CAS pipeline of potential members with her company mentoring Black women actuaries. Speaking of potential new members, the winners of the CAS Trust Scholarship are also featured. We hope that these rising young college students will one day choose the P&C path with the scholarship’s assistance.
In conclusion
This is the last edition for which I am the editor in chief. Jim Weiss, one of our AR editors and outgoing CAS VP-Research, will be taking the helm with the January-February 2024 issue. I enjoyed the task and wish Jim the best in his new role. “Task Times” is my last column as editor in chief, but I plan to submit an occasional piece in the future.
I would like to thank Elizabeth Smith for her role as AR managing editor and her patience working with me. She is a great asset to the magazine.
AR Managing Editor’s Note: Grover Edie and I have worked together a long time (since 2010!), and we have learned a lot together. Grover saw us through the change from a newsletter to a four-color magazine, which was no small feat, and has kept us going through thick and thin. On behalf of the entire AR Working Group and the many past AR editors, I thank Grover for his service on Actuarial Review.
