Category Archives: International

Actuaries Abroad in Israel

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Jonathan Charak

This past December, Melissa Boudreau, FCAS, and I had the opportunity to present at the Israel Association of Actuaries (ILAA) seminar, “Changing the Actuarial Mindset.” This participation aligned well with Jim Christie’s 2019 goals for the CAS, specifically goals #4 (Represent the CAS by speaking at events and highlighting that the CAS is the gold … Read more »

Posted in Events, International.

Expectations for the CAS for 2019: My Presidential Goals

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Jim Christie

It is a tremendous honor to become the new President of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS). Last year brought several special challenges for the CAS. With lots of hard work from hundreds of volunteers we surmounted those issues and emerged stronger than ever. The CAS continues to be the premier educator of property casualty actuaries … Read more »

Posted in From the President, Future of the Profession, Governance, International, The CAS Institute.

Representing the CAS Globally: My Visits to Malaysia and Japan

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Brian Brown

It was my honor to represent the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) last week in Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo, in support of our commitment to contributing to the growth of the actuarial profession globally. In Kuala Lumpur, I presented at a conference on property insurance that CAS co-organized, visited with the regulator, and visited a number of universities. … Read more »

Posted in From the President, International.

CAS Actuaries Abroad

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Yvonne Palm

While the majority of CAS members are based in the United States, our members can be found all across the globe. We sat down with one of our members living abroad to see what it’s like working and living across the pond. Yvonne Palm is a Fellow of the CAS and Senior Actuary at Travelers … Read more »

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Exploring the Actuarial Profession in Latin America

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Alejandro Ortega

Last week I attended the IAA (International Actuarial Association) Actuarial Regional Seminar in Latin America, which was held in Santiago, Chile. The Chilean actuarial society (Instituto de Actuarios Matematicos de Chile) is an Associate member of the IAA, and I was joined at the seminar by over 100 international actuarial professionals from countries such as … Read more »

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