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Avi
07-23-2003, 02:22 PM
July 23, 2003
TO: Casualty Actuarial Society Candidates and Educators
FROM: Thomas Myers
RE: Changes for the 2004 CAS Syllabus of Examinations
The Syllabus Committee presented the following changes for the CAS 2004 Syllabus of
Examinations to the CAS Executive Council. Other changes that may be made for 2004 are
edition changes to current citations.
CAS Study Kits and Updates for 2004 will be available December 1, 2003.
EXAM 5
Delete: “Group Medical/Dental Benefit Pricing,” CAS Study Note.

Hallman, G.V.; and Hamilton, K.L., Personal Insurance: Life, Health, and Retirement (First Edition), 1994, American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters.

Hamilton, K.L.; and Malecki, D.S., Personal Insurance: Property and Liability (Second Edition), American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, 1999.

Head, G.L., Insurance to Value, Chapters 1, 2, 6, and 7, and Appendices 1-4.

Health Insurance Association of America, Group Life and Health Insurance—Part C (Third Edition), 1992.

Webb, B.L.; Harrison, C.M.; and Markham, J.J., Insurance Operations (Second Edition), American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, 1997,
Volume 1.

Webb, B.L.; Harrison, C.M.; and Markham, J.J., Insurance Operations (Second Edition), American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, 1997,
Volume 2.

Add: Anderson, G.L., “Insurance to Value,” CAS Study Note, June 2003.

Bourdon, T.W.; Passwater, K.; and Priven, M., “An Introduction to Capitation and Health Care Provider Excess Insurance,” Health Care Issues for Property/Casualty Insurers, Casualty Actuarial Society Discussion Paper Program, 1997, pp. 97-139.

Krakowski, I., “Quantifying the Impact of Non-Modeled Catastrophes on Homeowners Experience,” Casualty Actuarial Society Forum, Winter 2003, pp. 285-316.

Webb, B.L.; Harrison, C.M.; and Markham, J.J., Insurance Operations and Regulation (First Edition), American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, 2002, pp. 1.3-1.13, 3.3-3.34, 4.3-4.16, 5.3-5.26 (up to Underwriting Other Causes of Loss), 6.3-6.43 (up to Personal Liability Underwriting), 14.3-14.33 (up to Challenges Facing Specific Types of Property Claims), and 15.3-15.30 (up to Challenges Facing Specific Types of Liability Claims).

Wiening, E. A.; Rejda, G. E.; Luthardt, C. M.; and Ferguson, C. E., Personal Insurance (First Edition), American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, 2002, pp. 1.3-1.16, 3.3-3.31, 4.3-4.21, 5.3-5.41, 6.3-6.19 (up to Section II—Additional Coverages), and 12.5-12.27.

EXAM 6
Add: Blanchard, R.S., “Accounting Concepts for the Actuary,” CAS Study Note, June 2003.

CAS Enterprise Risk Management Committee, “Overview of Enterprise Risk Management,” Casualty Actuarial Society Forum, Summer 2003, Section 3 and Appendix B.

CAS Valuation, Finance, and Investments Committee, “Accounting Rule Guidance Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. l l 3— Considerations in Risk Transfer Testing” Casualty Actuarial Society Forum, Fall 2002, pp. 305-338, excluding Section 7, Beyond VaR Tests.

Mack, T. “Credible Claims Reserve: The Benktander Method,” ASTIN Bulletin, 2000 pp. 333-337.

EXAM 7-CANADA
Delete: Canadian Institute of Actuaries, “The Appointed Actuary’s Report for Insurance Company Published Financial Statements,” December 1997.

Canadian Institute of Actuaries, “Dynamic Capital Adequacy Testing,” December 1998.

Canadian Institute of Actuaries, “Explanatory Notes to Canadian Institute of Actuaries’ Recommendations for Property and Casualty Insurance Company Financial Reporting,” 1993.

Canadian Institute of Actuaries/Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, “Joint Policy Statement,” 1991.

Canadian Institute of Actuaries, “Provision for Adverse Deviations Property and Casualty Insurance Companies,” 1993.

Canadian Institute of Actuaries, “Recommendations for Property-Casualty Insurance Company Financial Reporting,” January 1990.

Canadian Institute of Actuaries, “Recommendations for Property-Casualty Insurance Financial Reporting,” Section 1.09, 1997.

Canadian Institute of Actuaries, “Standards of Practice for the Appointed Actuary of an Insurance Company,” 1992.

“Compensation Plan for Property and Casualty Insurers,” May 1997.

Ghezzi, T.L., “Actuarial Perspective on Property/Casualty Redlining Issues,” Actuarial Digest, February/March 1996.

Hallman, G.V.; and Hamilton, K.L., Personal Insurance: Life, Health & Retirement (First Edition), American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, 1994.

Hensler D.R.; Vaiana, M.E.; Kakalik, J.S.; and Peterson, M.A., Trends in Tort Litigation, The Story Behind the Statistics, Rand Institute for Civil Justice, 1987.

Insurance Bureau of Canada, “Accurate Financial Statements for P&C Insurers, The Role for Discounting Loss Reserves,” April 2001.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, “Canadian Tax Guide for Property and Casualty Insurance Enterprises,” 1999.

State of New York Advisory Commission on Liability Insurance, “Reform of the Tort Law,” Insuring Our Future, Part Two, Section II.

Modify: Canadian Institute of Actuaries, “Educational Note: Dynamic Capital Adequacy Testing—Life, Property and Casualty,” June 1999: The section on life insurance companies will be deleted. All other sections will be retained.

KPMG, Eckler Partners Ltd. & Exactor Insurance Services, Inc., “Motor Vehicle Insurance in British Columbia—At the Crossroads, Volume I: The Case for Change,” Parts D through G of Section II and Section VI will be deleted. Other parts listed in the current citation will be retained.

Update: There will be updated citations for the following readings:
2002 Instructions for the Actuary’s Report on Property and Casualty Insurance Business.

2003 Uniform Annual Return approved by the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators.

A.M. Best Canada Ltd., Best’s Key Rating & Statistical Guide, Property- Casualty, Canada, 2003.

Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators, Annual Statement Instructions P&C-1.

Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators, Explanatory Notes for the Minimum Capital Test (MCT).

Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators, Guideline—Minimum Capital Test (MCT) for Property and Casualty Insurers.

Hall, G.M. (Ed.), Mercer Handbook of Canadian Pension and Benefit Plans will be replaced by The Handbook of Canadian Pension and Benefit Plans by J. Greenan (Ed.), (Twelfth Edition), 2002, CCH Canadian Limited. All citations will be revised accordingly.

Hamilton, K.L.; and Malecki, D.S., Personal Insurance: Property & Liability will be replaced by Personal Risk Management and Property-Liability Insurance (First Edition) by Hamilton and Ferguson, American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, 2002, pp. 6.20-6.34 and 9.36-9.40.

Official NAIC Annual Statement Blanks, Property and Casualty, 2003.

Add: British Columbia, Ministry of Attorney General, “Civil Liability Review, Consultation Paper,” April 2002 [http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/liability-review/publications/consultation-paper-final.pdf].

British Columbia, Ministry of Attorney General, “Civil Liability Review, Summary of Responses,” February 2003, Executive Summary only
[http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/liability-review/publications/SummaryResponses.pdf].

Canadian Institute of Actuaries, Consolidated Standards of Practice, 1630, 2100, 2200, 2400, and 2500.

Canadian Institute of Actuaries, “Education Note: Evaluation of the Runoff of Claims Liabilities when the Liabilities are Discounted in Accordance with Accepted Actuarial Practice,” March 2003.

Canadian Institute of Actuaries, “Draft Educational Note: Review of the Work of an Actuary,” March 2003.

The Canadian Medical Protective Association, “Proceedings of the Tort Reform Conference,” Toronto, Ontario, November 5, 1998, pp 24-38 and Appendix C [http://www.cmpaacpm.ca/portal/cmpa_docs/english/resource_files/ml_issues/common/pdf/tort_appendixI-e1.pdf].

Insurance Bureau of Canada, “Insurance Bureau of Canada Submission to Alberta Finance on the Automobile Insurance Consultation Paper,” January 24, 2003 [http://demo.flexsite.net/THScripts/THFile.dll?thfile=ZTpcRmxleFNpdGVEYXRhXERvd25sb2Fk JnN1Ym1pc3Npb25fYXV0b19jb25zdWx0YXRpb25fcGFwZXJfam FuMjRfMDNfYWxiZXJ0YS5wZGYmYXBwbGljYXRpb24vcGRm].

New Brunswick, “New Brunswick Canada–Government Response to the Report of theSelect Committee on Private Passenger Automobile Insurance,, March 28, 2003 [http://www.gnb.ca/0062/insurance/InsuranceSelectCom-Final-e.pdf].

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Draft Guideline E-15 “Appointed Actuary: Legal Requirements, Qualifications and Peer Review,” Section 3 (Peer Review).

Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation, “Options to ensure another fifteen successful years of service,”March 4, 2003 (excluding Annex D, PACICC member questionnaire).

Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation, “A Proactive vision for PACICC in a challenging business environment,” April 29, 2003 (excluding Annex A and Annex B).

Select Committee on Private Passenger Automobile Insurance, “Auto Insurance for New Brunswick – Final Report of the Select Committee on Private Passenger Automobile Insurance,” November 2002, pp. 7-21
[http://www.gnb.ca/legis/business/committees/pdf/insurance-e.pdf].

EXAM 7-UNITED STATES
Delete: Feldblum, S., “Selected Exhibits from the Canadian Annual Statement,” CAS Study Note, February 1996.

The Casualty Actuarial (Technical) Task Force, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, “Clarification of Revised ALAE Definition,” June 24, 1997.

Update: There will be updated citations for the following readings:
Official 2003 NAIC Annual Statement Blanks, Property and Casualty.
2003 Insurance Expense Exhibit.

Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting (COPLFR), American Academy of Actuaries, “Property and Casualty Practice Note, Statements of Actuarial Opinion on P & C Loss Reserves as of December 31, 2002.

Feldblum, S., “Completing and Using Schedule P” (Eighth Edition), CAS Study Note, June 2003.

Feldblum, S., “Reinsurance Accounting: Schedule F” (Eighth Edition), CAS Study Note, April 2003.

Hallman, G.V.; and Hamilton, K.L., Personal Insurance: Life, Health and Retirement will be replaced by Personal Insurance (First Edition) by Wiening, Rejda, Luthardt, and Ferguson, American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, 2002, pp. 10.25-10.32 and 12.26-12.33.

Hamilton, K.L.; and Malecki, D.S., Personal Insurance: Property & Liability will be replaced by Personal Risk Management and Property-Liability Insurance (First Edition) by Hamilton and Ferguson, American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, 2002, pp. 6.20-6.34 and 9.36-9.40.

Background: The following readings will be added as background readings:
Actuarial Standards Board of the American Academy of Actuaries, “Actuarial Standard of Practice, No. 36, Statements of Actuarial Opinion Regarding Property/Casualty Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves.”

Add: Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators, Guideline—Minimum Capital Test (MCT) for Property and Casualty Insurers; pp. 1-9, 17-20, and 22, December 2001.

EXAM 8
Delete: Miccolis, R.S., “An Investigation of Methods, Assumptions, and Risk Modeling for the Valuation of Property/Casualty Insurance Companies,” Financial Analysis of Insurance Companies, Casualty Actuarial Society Discussion Paper Program, 1987.

Add: Bodie, Z.; Kane, A.; and Marcus, A.J., Investments (Fifth Edition), McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2002, Section 9.4 and Performance Attribution material in Chapter 25 (page 861).

Hull, J.C., Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (Fifth Edition), Prentice Hall, 2003, Sections 2.5, 2.9, 2.10, 5.7, 5.11-5.14, 13.5, and 13.6.

Nakada, P.; Shah, H.; Koyluoglu, H.U.; and Collignon, O., “P&C RAROC: A Catalyst for Improved Capital Management in the Property and Casualty Insurance Industry, ” The Journal of Risk Finance, Fall 1999.

EXAM 9
Delete: Holler, K.D.; Sommer, D.B.; and Trahair, G., “Something Old, Something New in Classification Ratemaking with a Novel Use of GLMs for Credit Insurance,” Casualty Actuarial Society Forum, Winter 1999.

Stone, J.M., “A Theory of Capacity and the Insurance of Catastrophe Risks,” The Journal of Risk and Insurance, June 1973.

Modify: Butsic, R.P., “Determining the Proper Interest Rate for Loss Reserve Discounting: An Economic Approach,” Evaluating Insurance Company Liabilities, Casualty Actuarial Society Discussion Paper Program, 1988, excluding pp. 171-178.

Feldblum, S., “Risk Loads for Insurers,” PCAS LXXVII, 1990, pp. 160-195, and discussions of paper: Philbrick, S.W., PCAS LXXVIII, 1991, pp. 56-63, will be changed to background readings for the Bault discussion (PCAS LXXXII, 1995, pp. 78-96).

Please note that the Bault discussion will be kept as required reading.

Add: Feldblum, S.; and Brosius, J.E., “The Minimum Bias Procedure, A Practitioner’s Guide,” CAS Study Note, April 2003.

Mango, D.F, “An Application of Game Theory: Property Catastrophe Risk Load,” PCAS LXXXV, 1998, pp. 157-186.

Walters, M.A.; and Morin, F., “Homeowners Ratemaking Revisited (Use of Computer Models to Estimate Catastrophe Loss Costs),” PCAS LXXXIV, 1997, pp. 1-43.

Comments Anyone?

Wigmeister General
07-23-2003, 02:24 PM
The CAS changes syllabus more often than I change my socks.

L. Mo
07-23-2003, 02:41 PM
The Part 8 changes don't seem too bad.
Miccolis' paper is not all that interesting/useful/etc.
Adding sections from Bodie & Hull chapters that weren't on last year isn't that big of a deal.
I have no idea what the new paper is, so I'll reserve judgment.

Maine-iac
07-23-2003, 02:56 PM
Miccolis is something of a time waster, so good riddance on Part 8.

Stone isn't particularly popular on Part 9, though I'd rather see Cummins go. What are they saying about the Feldblum note, though? The paper itself will not be tested, but the Bault discussion will? :shake: Now THAT makes a lot of sense.

egg
07-23-2003, 03:16 PM
Sure, I pass part 5 and then they remove the Head article.
Part 8, without looking at page numbers, adds 3 articles and takes one away.

L. Mo
07-23-2003, 03:54 PM
well, the Bault discussion is very "mathy", proofs and the like. You definitely can't read it without SF's paper and "get it". Maybe they've run out of questions like "what are the advantages/disadvantages of this method" kind of questions.

Wigmeister General
07-23-2003, 03:56 PM
No, they'll never run out of those, but the Evil Empire loves to make the questions harder and harder even though the number of people, whom they'll pass, is a foregone conclusion.

Sadists !! :swear: :swear: :swear: :swear:

Maine-iac
07-23-2003, 04:59 PM
Part 8, without looking at page numbers, adds 3 articles and takes one away.

Doesn't surprise me, and isn't as bad as it seems. Last year they removed the 3 DFA papers at the last minute (after the syllabus was published) and didn't have time to replace them with anything else.

Wigmeister General
07-23-2003, 06:49 PM
Yeah, I have fond memories of those DFA papers.

jets fan
07-24-2003, 07:46 AM
It looks like they added 4 articles to Part 6 without taking any away. But it looks like 1 of the added articles is only 4 pages long.

GA Peach
07-24-2003, 09:09 AM
More incentive to pass part 6 this time J.T.! :D

J.T.
07-24-2003, 09:21 AM
NO Kidding! How is your studying going? Mine is kind of slow, but I want to make sure that I get the beginning stuff before moving on.

At least they took off some of the 5 articles I didn't like, so I won't have to look at those again.

GA Peach
07-24-2003, 09:27 AM
Studying's going OK for now. I started backwards this time - I've been trying to get through the reinsurance and accounting. I'm almost finished with the first pass through and have 2 articles left. I took everyone's advice and started tracking my hours - that's really been a great help as it motivates me when I see a couple of days with no study time.

Very happy about some of those 5 articles disappearing! Good luck studying.

frummie
07-25-2003, 05:05 PM
Bourdon, T.W.; Passwater, K.; and Priven, M., “An Introduction to
Capitation and Health Care Provider Excess Insurance,” Health Care
Issues for Property/Casualty Insurers, Casualty Actuarial Society
Discussion Paper Program, 1997, pp. 97-139.


I'm wondering if there is a complementary article on Decapitation?! Is this
about putting heads back on people's bodies?

More articles for Part 6. :shake: :roll: :swear: :o :(

Wigmeister General
07-25-2003, 05:44 PM
At least it's a paper that's written intelligibly.

GREI_78
07-26-2003, 04:49 PM
in·tel·li·gi·ble [ in téllijb’l ]
adjective

1. understandable: capable of being understood his ideas were barely intelligible

2. philosophy understandable by the mind alone: perceptible only by the mind, not the senses

[14th century. Via Old French from Latin intelligibilis , from intellegere to perceive (see intelligent).]

Good writing, LVB :).

Wigmeister General
07-28-2003, 10:13 AM
One entry found for intelligible.


Main Entry: in·tel·li·gi·ble
Pronunciation: in-'te-l&-j&-b&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin intelligibilis, from intelligere
Date: 14th century
1 : apprehensible by the intellect only
2 : capable of being understood or comprehended
- in·tel·li·gi·bil·i·ty /-"te-l&-j&-'bi-l&-tE/ noun
- in·tel·li·gi·ble·ness /-'te-l&-j&-b&l-n&s/ noun
- in·tel·li·gi·bly /-blE/ adverb -- Miriam-Webster Online


Learn the game. I'm smarter than you'll ever hope to be.

GREI_78
07-31-2003, 04:15 PM
Did you know...

In 1812 Beethoven wrote-but did not mail-a love letter to an unidentified woman whom he referred to as "Immortal Beloved."

Beethoven never married and was often unhappy in his personal life, which suffered because of his health problems and his constant worrying about his nephew Karl, over whom he had guardianship.

Beethoven acknowledged in the early 1800s that he was losing his hearing; he became completely hearing-impaired around 1819.

Oh well, at least he could see and type :).

GREI_78
07-31-2003, 04:16 PM
Did you know...

In 1812 Beethoven wrote-but did not mail-a love letter to an unidentified woman whom he referred to as "Immortal Beloved."

Beethoven never married and was often unhappy in his personal life, which suffered because of his health problems and his constant worrying about his nephew Karl, over whom he had guardianship.

Beethoven acknowledged in the early 1800s that he was losing his hearing; he became completely hearing-impaired around 1819.

Oh well, at least he could see and type :).

Wigmeister General
07-31-2003, 04:23 PM
Yes, I knew all of those things. The speculation about the intended recipient of his "Eternal Beloved" has led to at least eight different theories. (Immortal Beloved is a less than optimal translation for those who wish to refer to the movie.)

LVB suffered from tinnitus, which caused his hearing loss.

LVB was unhappy most of his life, because he was far better than you mere mortals. Hell, he was better than the nobles, and he told them so every chance he could.

drakestudent
02-17-2005, 11:34 AM
And yet his contemporary, Schubert, revered LVB.

(yes, this is a lame attempt to boost my post count standing) :)