Research & Development Committees, Subcommittees and Working Parties

Find descriptions of all of the Research & Development Committees and resources for committee chairpersons and members. CAS has committees on such varied topics as reserving, ratemaking, risk, data management, and climate change.

Committee Resources

CAS Research Manual – Learn how the CAS conducts research.

Committee Chairperson's Manual

Completed Working Parties – Papers and reports from successful Working Parties.

Current CAS Research Projects – More information on the various ways CAS conducts research.

Quarterly Cycle Reports – Quarterly reports on committee goals.

Important Meeting Dates and Deadlines for 2010

Report on 2009 CAS Research Activities (.pdf) – An annual report.

Research Newsletters – Find out what projects are underway for the committees.

Volunteering at CAS - Normally done through the Participation Survey, which occurs annually in July, if you are interested in joining a Committee mid-year, please contact the Committee’s Chairperson.

Working Party Manual (.pdf) - Further explains the working party process.

Research & Development Committees and Subcommittees

Committees are important to the future of CAS. Run by volunteers, they help further the development and dissemination of information in their area of expertise; monitor similar organizations, professional developments and regulatory activities; and sponsor panels, seminars or other professional education opportunities.

Climate Change Committee
    Actuarial Climate Volatility Index Subcommittee

Committee on Dynamic Risk Modeling

Committee on Health Care Issues

Committee on Management Data & Information

Committee on Ratemaking

Committee on Reinsurance Research

Committee on Reserves

Committee on Theory of Risk

Committee on Valuation, Finance, and Investments

Hachemeister Prize Committee

Research Initiatives Coordinator

Working Parties and Task Forces

Working Parties and Task Forces are formed, under the guidance of a Research Committee, with the specific charge to produce a research product or solve a research goal in a specified timeframe to help the CAS address long-standing research problems. The end result of a Working Party is often a written research paper or possible demonstration software.

DRM Handbook Working Party – Chapters 6 and 7 (Dynamic Risk Modeling Committee)

Economic Capital Model Working Party (Dynamic Risk Modeling Committee)

Ratemaking Survey Working Party (Committee on Ratemaking)

R Working Party (Committee on Ratemaking & Committee on Reserves)

Research Grants Task Force (Research Initiatives Coordinator)

Tail Factors Working Party (Committee on Reserves)

Working Party on Bornhuetter-Ferguson-Initial Expected Losses (Committee on Reserves)

Working Party on Loss Simulation Model (Dynamic Risk Modeling Committee)

Working Party on Public-Access DFA Model (Dynamic Risk Modeling Committee)