Casualty

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The CPC helps shape the future of public policy and create a safer and more resilient future for all.

Casualty
Cyber Risk Toolkit

Cyber Risk Toolkit

A series of papers addressing issues pertinent to cyber risk insurance and cyber exposure.
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Extreme Events

Extreme Events

Floods, earthquakes, other natural catastrophes; terrorist events; and mass torts.
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Financial Reporting and Loss Reserving

Financial Reporting and Loss Reserving

Financial reporting and loss reserving issues in property/casualty actuarial practice.
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Medical Professional Liability

Medical Professional Liability

Medical professional liability insurance issues.
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Risk Classification

Risk Classification

Use of risk-based insurance scoring in auto and other insurance lines.
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Risk-Based Capital

Risk-Based Capital

Risk-based capital issues in property and casualty actuarial practice, including its treatment by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
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Solvency and Soundness

Solvency and Soundness

Soundness and solvency issues facing property and casualty insurance companies.
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Workers' Compensation

Workers’ Compensation

Workers’ compensation issues as they relate to property and casualty actuarial practice.
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Casualty News

ERM Committee News

ASB Approves Exposure Draft Of Proposed Capital Adequacy Assessment ASOP

The ASB recently approved an exposure draft of a proposed new ASOP titled Capital Adequacy Assessment for Insurers. The proposed ASOP will apply to actuaries involved in capital adequacy assessment…
Topics: ASB News
Date Published: 09/26/2016
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Casualty Resources

Policy Paper

Climate Data: Actuarial Perspectives on Quality, Challenges, and Effective Risk Quantification

The Climate Change Joint Committee released a policy paper examining the wide variety of actuarial data challenges in climate-related risk quantification. While reflecting the current emphasis on…
Date Published: 08/19/2025
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Policy Paper

ILS Issue Paper Released

The Academy’s Extreme Events and Property Lines Committee published a paper, Insurance Linked Securities and Catastrophe Bonds, a public policy issue paper.
Date Published: 06/14/2022
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Policy Paper

Cyber Risk Task Force Publishes Cyber Risk Toolkit

The Cyber Risk Task Force released a collection of publications combined together in the Cyber Risk Toolkit. The toolkit is intended to be a resource for interested readers of the general public,…
Date Published: 08/25/2021
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Policy Paper

Committee Issues FAQ on Covid-19 and PC Financial Reporting

The Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting has issued a set of questions and answers about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on P/C financial reporting. 
Date Published: 06/11/2020
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Policy Paper

Academy Releases First Model and Results of Actuaries Climate Risk Index

As part of its continuing public policy research program providing objective and independent information based on actuarial analysis, the American Academy of Actuaries today introduced the first…
Date Published: 01/09/2020
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Policy Paper

Updated Flood Insurance Monograph

Updated monograph on the National Flood Insurance Program and related issues, with new data from 2017 and 2018 hurricane seasons.
Topics: Casualty
Date Published: 09/25/2019
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Policy Paper

Committee Issues Paper on Wildfire Lessons Learned

The Academy’s Extreme Events and Property Lines Committee has published a new document, Wildfire: An Issue Paper — Lessons Learned from the 2017-2018 California Events. Read the news release.
Topics: Casualty
Date Published: 06/21/2019
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Policy Paper

Task Force Issues Monograph on Travel Insurance

The Casualty Practice Council’s Travel Insurance Task Force published a monograph, Travel Insurance: An Actuarial Perspective, which provides information on the manner in which travel insurance is…
Topics: Casualty
Date Published: 09/04/2018
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Policy Paper

Monograph on Catastrophe Modeling

Extreme Events and Property Lines Committee monograph on the development of catastrophe models and the uses of catastrophe model output in actuarial tasks.
Topics: Casualty
Date Published: 07/24/2018
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Policy Paper

Monograph on Issues Surrounding National Flood Insurance Program

Flood Insurance Work Group monograph on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that examines key issues surrounding the NFIP, including rising sea levels, the differences between the NFIP and…
Topics: Casualty
Date Published: 04/19/2017
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