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April 14–18, 2025

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04/18/2025

This Week: Nominations Open for Member-Selected Directors; CPP’s Tom Kalvik to Keynote Insurance Summit; Last Call for COI/CE Acknowledgments

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April 14–18, 2025

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TOP NEWS

Nominations Open for 2025 Member-Selected Directors

Nominations are open for 2025 member-selected directors to the Academy Board. Directors will be selected by members later this year in an online selection process from a slate of candidates presented by the Nominating Committee. Review the Nominating Committee Guidelines to learn more about the role of member-selected directors, candidate criteria, and how to nominate yourself and other Academy members. For more background, see the page one story in the March Actuarial Update. Nominations will remain open through May 19. For more information, visit the nominations page.

EDUCATION & EVENTS

Insurance Summit Keynote Announced: Canada Pension Plan’s Tom Kalvik Joins the Agenda

Tom Kalvik, managing director and senior member of the Integrated Strategies Group at CPP (Canada Pension Plan) Investments, will deliver the keynote address at the Academy’s Insuring the Future: Insurance Investment Summit in New York next month. Stewart Foley, managing director and editor-in-chief of the InsuranceAUM Journal, will moderate the session, which will kick off the two-day event.

Kalvik brings expertise in insurance investment strategies, leading CPP’s significant insurance private equity investments. He is a board member of Wilton Re and previously served as a board observer of Antares Capital. Kalvik’s unique perspective on the evolving investment landscape for insurance companies promises to deliver invaluable insights for attendees.

See the full agenda. The summit will be held May 22–23. Register today.

MEMBERSHIP

Deadline Next Week for COI/CE Acknowledgments

Academy volunteers and interested parties (IPs) have until April 22 to submit their annual conflict of interest and continuing education (COI/CE) acknowledgments. Volunteers and IPs who do not complete this process by then will be removed from their committees. Acknowledgments can be submitted via the “Volunteer Resources” section of the member webpage.

Volunteer Webinar Next Week

The Academy will hold a volunteer webinar next week, Onboarding Volunteer Webinar for General Committee Members, on the Academy’s role, areas to volunteer in, roles and responsibilities, guidelines and policies, best practices for volunteers, and other topics specific to volunteering. It will be held on Tuesday, April 22. Register today.

PROFESSIONALISM

Register for Next Week’s Professionalism Webinar on ERM

Next week’s professionalism webinar, The New ERM ASOP: What You Need to Know, will look at new ASOP No. 58, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), which takes effect May 1 and replaces previous ASOP Nos. 46 and 47. The webinar is next Friday, April 25. Register today.

OUTREACH & NEWS

**ICMYI—Contingencies’ Last Word—‘What Is Insurable?’**

In case you missed it, “The Last Word” in the latest Contingencies asks “What Is Insurable?” written by retirement volunteer Sam Gutterman when the Los Angeles wildfires were raging earlier this year.

Academy In the News

A National Council on Teacher Retirement post exploring the meaning of funded ratios at or above 100 percent extensively drew on the April 2024 Academy issue brief, ‘Surplus’ Considerations for Public Pension Plans.
An Investopedia article on “What Happens to My Annuity After I Die?” used the 2022 Academy issue brief, What Are the Various Types of Insured Annuities? as a source on annuity types and options.

EVENTS CALENDAR

April 22	Onboarding Volunteer Webinar for General Committee Members
April 25	The New ERM ASOP: What You Need to Know
May 12	New Member Webinar: Maximize Your Membership
May 14	ASOP No. 2 Practice Note
May 22-23	Insuring the Future: Insurance Investment Summit; New York City
May 29	Decumulation Strategies: Creating Lifetime Income from Defined Contribution Plans
June 12	Future of Retirement Symposium; Washington, D.C.
Sept. 8–10	Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar; Philadelphia
Nov. 17–20	Life and Health Qualifications Seminar; Arlington, Va.
Dec. 8–9	Seminar on Effective P/C Loss Reserve Opinions; Salt Lake City

Visit the Events Calendar for a complete listing of Academy events, and visit Academy Learning for webinar recordings and other Academy content.

Coming Soon—Spring Retirement Report

Coming soon, the Spring Retirement Report will take a deeper look at the recent issue brief, Decumulation Strategies: Creating Lifetime Income from Defined Contribution Plans, and have more coverage on the Retirement Practice Council’s participation in the Academy Hill visits. A related webinar will be held on May 29.

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