Conference of Consulting Actuaries
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The Conference of Consulting Actuaries, also known as the Conference or the CCA, is a professional society of actuaries engaged in consulting in the United States and Canada, as opposed to those employed by insurance companies. CCA members assist their clients with respect to pension, health, and other employee benefit plans; life insurance; and property and casualty insurance.
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[edit] Mission
The Conference's mission is to advance the quality of consulting practice, support the needs of consulting actuaries, and represent their interests. Some of the ways in which it does so include:
- Developing and maintaining structure and programs to reinforce, enhance, or add to members' knowledge and skills; including continuing education, through diverse delivery methods, for all practice areas and for consulting and business skills.
- Investing resources strategically to support services and educational opportunities for consulting actuaries.
- Representing consulting actuaries throughout the global community.[1]
[edit] History
The CCA was founded in 1950 as the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice by seven actuaries who felt the need for a professional association to set standards and share information among consulting actuaries. At the time, the major American actuarial organizations — the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society — were dominated by actuaries who worked for insurance companies.
In October 1991, the Conference changed its name to the Conference of Consulting Actuaries.[2]
[edit] Membership
As of 2006, more than 1,100 actuaries belonged to the CCA.[2] More than 98% of Conference members also belong to one of the other major American or Canadian actuarial organizations (the Society of Actuaries, the Casualty Actuarial Society, the American Academy of Actuaries, the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, or the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries).[3]
[edit] Continuing professional education
Many consulting actuaries attend continuing professional education meetings sponsored or co-sponsored by the Conference. Its three major annual meetings are the Enrolled Actuaries Meeting, co-sponsored with the American Academy of Actuaries; the Employee Benefits Spring Meeting, jointly sponsored with the Society of Actuaries; and the Conference's Annual Meeting.
In addition to those meetings, the CCA also sponsors or co-sponsors a variety of seminars and teleconferences. In contrast to its annual meetings, which offer sessions on variety of subjects, the Conference's seminars and teleconferences generally are limited to a single topic of current interest.[4]
[edit] External links
Home page of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries
[edit] References
- ^ Mission. Conference of Consulting Actuaries (2007). Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
- ^ a b History. Conference of Consulting Actuaries (2007). Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
- ^ Directory of Actuarial Memberships (Society of Actuaries, 1999), p. 9.
- ^ Meetings. Conference of Consulting Actuaries (2007). Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
