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An Update on the Qualification Standards

Academy webcast
June 25, 2008
Noon to 1:30 p.m. (EDT)

Presented by the Academy's Council on Professionalism. An educational webcast on the revised Qualification Standards and continuing education requirements for actuaries, which took effect Jan. 1, 2008.


Speakers

The speakers include:

  • Kathleen Riley, Academy vice president for professionalism
  • Karen Nowiejski, a member of the Academy's Committee on Qualifications
  • Sheila Kalkunte, the Academy assistant general counsel and liaison to the Council on Professionalism and the Committee on Qualifications

Slides

The speakers' slides can be downloaded as an Acrobat PDF document.

CE credit

The American Academy of Actuaries believes in good faith that this webcast, "An Update on the Qualification Standards," constitutes an "organized activity" under the current Qualification Standards and constitutes a "professionalism topic" as defined therein.

Under the Qualification Standards, an hour of continuing education (CE) is defined as 50 minutes, and fractions of an hour may be counted.

Certificates for EAs

The Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries (JBEA) has approved the Academy as a qualifying sponsor of continuing education programs for enrolled actuaries.

If you are an enrolled actuary, the Academy believes in good faith that you may earn 1.8 CE core credits under the JBEA rules for attending this webcast. However, the JBEA ultimately determines what constitutes core and non-core continuing education and the number of CE credit hours allocated to same for enrolled actuaries.

Request a certificate

If you are an EA and you want a certificate of attendance for this webcast, please complete the online request form and submit it when you have finished. You will be asked to certify that you attended the 90-minute webcast in order to receive your certificate.

The Academy will accept certificate requests until July 25, 2008. It takes about two or three weeks to process a request.

If you have a question about requesting a certificate, please contact Rita Winkel at the Academy (winkel@actuary.org, 202.223.8196).

Questions?

  • For technical questions about registration, please contact Webex customer support at 1-866-229-3239 or by e-mail at support@webex.com.
  • For other types of assistance, please contact Rita Winkel, the Academy's legal assistant, by e-mail (winkel@actuary.org).