Candidate Information: Kenneth R. Kasner

Candidate for Regular Director Term
Ending in 2019

Name: Kenneth R. Kasner
Practice Area: Casualty
Employer: Hartford Financial Services Group
City, State: Hartford, Conn.
Credentials: MAAA, FCAS

Candidate Biographical Sketch

Ken is a candidate to serve the remaining one year of a three-year Board term expiring in 2019 that will be vacated on Nov. 1, 2018. His volunteer service includes positions on both professionalism and public policy committees. He has served as chairperson of the Actuarial Standards Board’s Casualty Committee since 2015, and served on the ASB’s Modeling Task Force since 2016. He is a member of the Casualty Practice Council and previously served as vice chairperson for its Emerging Issues Task Force. He also has served as a presenter at the Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar and the Casualty Actuarial Society’s Committee on Ratemaking.

Ken is director and actuary at Hartford Financial Services Group in Hartford. He has more than 20 years’ experience; prior to working for Hartford Financial Services Group, he worked at CNA in Chicago.

The Academy’s mission is to serve the public and the U.S. actuarial profession. My service on the Board will allow me to further the Academy’s mission of public policy and professionalism by:

continuing my long-standing support of the Academy and its work. I currently serve on the Academy’s Casualty Practice Council assisting with public policy work on property/casualty issues. I am currently chairperson of the Actuarial Standards Board’s Casualty Committee charged with developing, enhancing, and maintaining standards of practice that apply to property/casualty actuaries. In the past, I have served on ASB task forces responsible for the creation of several new actuarial standards of practice exposure drafts.

Academy Service

Chairperson, Actuarial Standards Board Casualty Committee, 2015-Present; Member, 2010-15
Vice Chairperson, Casualty Practice Council Emerging Issues Task Force, 2011-12; Member, 2009-11
Member, Actuarial Standards Board Modeling Task Force, 2016-Present
Member, Casualty Practice Council, 2016-Present
Member, Academy Advisors Panel, 2010-16