The Great Assumptions Debate

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Oct. 26, 2017
Noon-1:30 p.m. EDT

Assumptions lie at the heart of actuarial work. Late in 2016, the Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) approved an exposure draft of a proposed actuarial standard of practice (ASOP) that would provide guidance to actuaries setting assumptions.
 
In this webinar, ASB member Barbara Snyder, ASB Assumptions Task Force Chairperson Maria Sarli, and ASB General Committee member Ralph Blanchard examined key issues raised in comment letters during the exposure process. 

PRESENTERS

• Barbara Snyder, MAAA, FSA
  Member, Actuarial Standards Board

• Maria Sarli, MAAA, FSA, EA, FCA 
  Chairperson, ASB Assumptions Task Force

• Ralph Blanchard, MAAA, FCAS
  Member, ASB General Committee

MODERATOR

• Paul Kollmer-Dorsey
  Academy General Counsel and Director of Professionalism

*The opinions expressed by the panelists during this presentation do not represent the opinions of any of the panelists’ employers or any boards or committees of the Academy or the Actuarial Standards Board or the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline.

DETAILS
Oct. 26, 2017
Noon-1:30 p.m. EDT

REGISTRATION FEES

• $50 registration fee
• Government regulators are invited to attend free of charge.

*Special note to eligible Academy volunteers: To qualify for complimentary registration, you must be a member of an Academy committee (including boards, committees, subcommittees, work groups, task forces, etc.) and also be qualified for either a partial or total dues waiver during 2017. Please contact Doreen Hoyle at hoyle@actuary.org or 202-223-8196 to register. 

CONTINUING EDUCATION AND JBEA CPE CREDIT.
The American Academy of Actuaries believes in good faith that attendance at this live professionalism webinar constituted an organized activity as defined under the current Qualification Standards for Actuaries Issuing Statements of Actuarial Opinion in the United States, and that attendees may have earned up to 1.8 CE credits for attending this live webinar.

We also believe in good faith that Enrolled Actuaries may have earned 1.8 CPE core ethics credits under the JBEA rules for attending this live webinar. However, the JBEA ultimately determines what constitutes core, non-core, ethics, or non-ethics continuing education and the number of CPE credit hours allocated to same for enrolled actuaries.