Interview an Actuary

American Academy of Actuaries (the Academy)

The Academy covers public policy and professionalism issues in all areas of actuarial practice: pension and retirement security, health insurance, property/casualty insurance, life insurance, enterprise risk management, and financial reporting. Contact the Academy for inquiries related to:

Social Security policy and reform
Medicare policy and reform
Insurance and financial services regulation
State and federal legislation
Actuarial standards and discipline
Other public policy issues including:
- Property/casualty insurance
- Health insurance
- Pension and retirement security
- Life insurance
- Risk management/financial reporting

Contact: Andrew Simonelli (simonelli@actuary.org 202-785-7872).

American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA)

ASPPA is a national professional organization whose more than 6,000 individual members provide consulting and administrative services for qualified retirement plans covering millions of American workers. ASPPA members include consultants, administrators, actuaries, accountants, and attorneys. Topic areas include the following:

Defined benefit pension plan advocacy
Defined contribution [such as 401(k) and 403(b)] plan regulation
Federal and state retirement policy issues
Personal finance issues
Education and credentials for benefits professionals
Regional and national annual employee benefits conferences

Contact: Chris Robichaux (crobichaux@asppa.org 703-516-9300 x 130).

Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS)

The Casualty Actuarial Society fulfills its mission to advance actuarial science through a focus on research and education. Among its 5,000 members are experts in property-casualty insurance, reinsurance, finance, risk management, and enterprise risk management. Contact the CAS for inquiries related to:

Actuarial career information
Capital adequacy
Catastrophe risk and modeling
- Hurricanes
- Earthquakes
Commercial lines
- Market cycles
- Workers’ compensation
Dynamic financial analysis
Enterprise risk management
Loss reserve adequacy
Personal lines
- Homeowners
- Personal automobile
Property/casualty education, research, and credentialing
Ratemaking/underwriting issues
- Credit scoring
- Territorial rating
Reinsurance
Securitization
Specialty lines
- Cyberliability
- Directors and officers liability
- Employment practices liability
- Medical malpractice
Toxic torts
- Asbestos
- Environmental
- Mold

Contact: Mike Boa (mboa@casact.org 703-562-1724)

Conference of Consulting Actuaries (CCA)

(A one- or two-sentence description of what CCA covers.) Topic areas include:

Education and continuing education
Research
Enterprise risk management
Career information

Contact: Keith Stewart (kstewart@ccactuaries.org 847-719-6500).

Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA)

(A one- or two-sentence description of what CIA covers.) Topic areas include:

Advocacy and public policy positions
Federal and provincial legislation
Federal and provincial regulation
Standards of practice and discipline
Education and continuing education
Career information

Contact: Les Dandridge (les.dandridge@actuaries.ca 613-236-8196 x 114).

Society of Actuaries (SOA)

The SOA is an educational, research, and professional organization dedicated to serving the actuarial profession and the public. Our mission is to advance actuarial knowledge and to enhance the ability of actuaries to provide expert advice and relevant solutions for financial, business and societal problems involving uncertain future events. We deliver comprehensive educational programs and administer rigorous professional examinations. The SOA offers three prestigious credentials - Fellow, Associate and Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst.

Areas of expertise include:
Actuarial basic education and continuing education
Actuarial careers
Research
Enterprise Risk Management
Finance
Health
Life Insurance
Retirement/Pension
Special Interests, including investment, long-term care, international, taxation and technology

Contact: Kim McKeown (kmckeown@soa.org 847.706.3528).