Future Fellows - June 2000 - Volume 6, No. 2

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June 2000 issue of Future Fellows from the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) covering key dates for Spring and Fall 2000 exam registration, refunds, analyses, appeals, and center changes. Includes CAS seminars and meetings details such as the Reinsurance Seminar in Boston. Presents an article on whether a four-hour exam can cover the syllabus under CAS’s new exam structure, explaining goals for representative question coverage over multiple years. Features an interview spotlight on CAS president Alice Gannon’s actuarial path and current role.

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CategoryExam

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Pages12

Reading Time30 min

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Important Dates to Remember

Deadline for Refund Requests

Analysis Request Deadline

Appeal Deadline

Fall 2000 Registration and Change of Center Deadline

CAS Seminars and Meetings

Reinsurance Seminar

Can a Four-Hour Exam Cover the Syllabus?

Spotlight on CAS Members

Future Fellows June 2000 For the Candidates of the Casualty Actuarial Society Volume 6, No. 2 Important Dates to Remember Deadline for Refund Requests June 30, 2000 Analysis Request Deadline For Spring 2000 Exams 5, 7, and 8 July 31, 2000 Appeal Deadline For Spring 2000 Exams 5, 7, and 8 August 31, 2000 Fall 2000 Registration and Change of Center Deadline Exams 6 and 9: September 21, 2000 Joint Exams 1-4: October 1, 2000 There is only one deadline for each set of exams. Late registrations will not be accepted. CAS Seminars and Meetings Reinsurance Seminar June 15-16, 2000 Boston Marriott Copley Place Boston, Massachusetts Continued on page 9 Inside this issue Voice Recognition Software ................... 3 Who Wants to Be a Fellow? ................... 5 Regional Affiliate News ........................... 6 2000 Syllabus Updates ........................... 7 Study Aids & Seminars ..................... 8-11 Format Changes, Exams 7 & 8 ............. 12 Can a Four-Hour Exam Cover the Syllabus? By Beth E. Fitzgerald, FCAS General Officer, CAS Examination Committee Under the new examination structure, CAS Exams 5-9 are all fourhour exams. A candidate may ask the question 􀂓How can one four-hour exam cover all the readings on the syllabus?􀂔 The CAS Examination Committee addresses this question as it prepares every exam. The Examination Committee is responsible for creating exams that follow the guidelines set forth by the CAS Syllabus Committee. Complete coverage of all readings on the syllabus is not practical for every exam every year. The goal is to produce exams that contain representative, high-quality questions that test candidates􀂒 knowledge of the syllabus material. Thus, the candidate should expect that each exam will cover a large proportion of the syllabus readings and that all readings will be tested at least once over the course of a few years.√ Spotlight on CAS Members CAS President Alice Gannon Characterizes Role By Serhat Guven Alice Gannon Student Liaison Committee In this month􀂒s spotlight we talk with Alice Gannon who became the CAS president at the conclusion of the CAS Annual Meeting in November 1999. How did you get into the actuarial field? I was incredibly lucky. In my second to the last semester of achieving my bachelor􀂒s degree, I finally confronted the issue ofwhat I was going to do after I graduated. I fairly quickly decided I would go to graduate school. Fortunately, a good friend of my family was an attorney at USAA and liked and admired USAA􀂒s chief actuary, Charlie Cook. He convinced me that I should take the first actuarial exam and talk to Mr. Cook about the actuarial profession since I was a math and economics major. Even though I did both of his suggestions, I still thought the best path for me was graduate school. I applied and was accepted at the University of Chicago where I planned to pursue a doctorate degree in Continued on page 2 2 Future Fellows June 2000 Future Fellows is published four times per year by the Casualty Actuarial Society, 1100 North Glebe Road, Suite 600, Arlington, Virginia 22201-4798. Telephone: (703) 276-3100; Fax: (703) 276-3108; CAS Web Site: [http://](http://)[ ](http://)[www.casact.org](www.casact.org). Third class postage is paid at Arlington, Virginia. Student Liaison Committee: Patrick K. Devlin, FCAS Chairperson Virginia R. Prevosto, FCAS Vice Chairperson Steven D. Armstrong, FCAS Carleton R. Grose, FCAS Christopher L. Harris, FCAS Janet S. Katz, FCAS Ronald D. Pridgeon, FCAS Jeffrey W. Schmidt, FCAS Christopher Tait, FCAS William R. Wilkins, FCAS Candidate Representatives to the Student Liaison Committee: Serhat Guven Shantelle A. Johnson CAS Manager, Admissions: J. Thomas Downey CAS Examinations Coordinator: Anne Carlisle CAS Publications Production Editor: Elizabeth A. Smith CAS Editorial/Production Assistant: Megan V. Casey Subscriptions to the newsletter ar

FAQs

What are the key deadlines for Spring 2000 exams listed in this issue?

Refund requests are due June 30, 2000. Analysis requests are due July 31, 2000, and appeals are due August 31, 2000 for exams 5, 7, and 8.

Which exams have registration and center-change deadlines in the fall 2000 schedule?

Exams 6 and 9 have the fall 2000 registration and change of center deadline on September 21, 2000.

How does CAS explain the possibility of covering the syllabus within a four-hour exam?

CAS states that complete coverage of all syllabus readings in every exam year is not practical. Instead, each exam targets representative, high-quality questions that cover a large proportion of readings, with all readings tested at least once over a few years.

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