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Introducing ActuarialCPD.org
CCA
Unveils Website to Track
Continuing Professional Development and EA Credits
Click Here to Visit ActuarialCPD
By
Ken Hohman, CCA President
On January 1st the revised Qualification Standards for Actuaries Issuing
Statements of Actuarial Opinion in the United States went into effect.
Among the revisions was a strengthening of the continuing education
requirement, and an additional requirement to “keep appropriate timely
records as evidence that their continuing education requirements have been
met.” To assist our members in meeting this revised requirement, as
well as the CCA's revised program, the CCA is
pleased to announce a new Continuing Professional Development tracking tool
at
http://www.actuarialcpd.org.
Designed as an electronic worksheet, the tool provides members with a single
site to track their activities for both Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) and Enrolled Actuary (EA) credits. If you were a member of the CCA
before December 1, 2007, you will be pleased to know that we have
pre-populated any credits you have earned from attending CCA events since
January 1, 2006.
Also, credits are automatically entered for CCA members who
attend CCA-sponsored events such as:
- CCA Annual Meeting;
- Enrolled Actuaries Meeting;
- Employee Benefits Spring Meeting;
- CCA Seminars; and
- CCA Audiocasts.
The
site is live and ready for your use.
All CCA members should have received a
personalized e-mail with the initial login information on February 21st. If
you have not received the message,
contact the CCA office.
The “View
CPD Credits”
page allows CCA members to view, enter, update, and (if necessary) delete
activities and compute their credits on an annual basis. Members may sort
credits by year, type of activity, and area of practice as well as any
combination of these criteria. At the bottom of the page, members can find
totals for the different areas of credits required under the Qualification
Standards including CPD, Organized Activity, Professionalism, Business
Skills, and Specific Qualification Standards.
The
“View EA
Credits”
page contains credit information to allow Enrolled Actuaries to track
credits along their three-year cycles. Members can view their credits by
reporting cycle and activity type, as well as a combination of the two
criteria. At the bottom of the page, members can find their total EA Core
and EA Noncore credits based on the requested criteria.
Adding activities to the site is done through the “Add
Credits”
page. Credits for “Attendee” or “Instructor” activities show on both CPD
and EA pages (EA credit is not applicable for activities labeled “Self
Study” or “Other”). Clicking on an activity’s “Edit”
link allows members to update any information for both CPD and EA credits on
the same page. Likewise, clicking on an activity’s “Delete”
link allows members to delete a credit entirely from the database (a
confirmation screen prevents you from accidentally deleting data).
Members who would like to export data may choose the
Export
page to pull data from the site to an Excel file.
We
hope that you find the site intuitive and powerful. Enhancements to the
site are already under way, and
we welcome your suggestions via e-mail
to
Matt Noncek at the CCA office
ActuarialCPD Terms of
Service
1. Description of
Service
The Conference of
Consulting Actuaries is providing members with a continuing education
tracking tool. Members of the Conference may input and track their
continuing education courses with this online tracking tool, The Conference
does not input or change any information input by members.
2. Disclaimer of
Warranties
The Continuing Education
Tracking Tool is provided by the Conference on an "as is" and on an "as
available" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the
Conference makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or
implied, regarding the use or the results of this tracking tool in terms of
its correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. The Conference shall
have no liability for any interruptions in the use of this tracking tool
including loss of data resulting from delays or nondelivery. Member
acknowledges and agrees that the Conference cannot guarantee the absence of
service interruptions caused by Acts of God, acts or omissions of third
parties or other circumstances beyond its control. The Conference disclaims
all warranties with regard to the information provided, including the
implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose,
and non-infringement. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of
implied warranties; therefore the above-referenced exclusion is inapplicable
in those jurisdictions.
3. Limitation of
Liability
The Conference acts only
as a venue for posting continuing education courses and credits by members.
The Conference takes no responsibility for monitoring, screening, censoring
or correcting the postings made or their accuracy. The use of the continuing
education tracking tool is at your own risk.
You acknowledge and agree
that you are solely responsible for the content and accuracy of any data you
post to this site.
THE CONFERENCE SHALL NOT
be liable for any damages whatsoever, and in particular THE CONFERENCE shall
not be liable for any special, indirect, consequential, or incidental
damages, or damages for lost profits, loss of revenue, or loss of use,
arising out of or related to this web site or the information contained in
it, whether such damages arise in contract, negligence, tort, under statute,
in equity, at law, or otherwise, even if THE CONFERENCE has been advised of
the possibility of such damages. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE
LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, THEREFORE SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS IS INAPPLICABLE IN THOSE
JURISDICTIONS.
4.
Indemnification
The Member agrees to
indemnify, defend and hold the Conference, its affiliates, officers,
employees, and other members and third parties harmless from any claim or
demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, made by any third
party due to or arising out of Member's use of the Continuing Education
Tracking Tool, the violation of this Agreement, or infringement by Member,
or other user of the website using Member's computer, of any intellectual
property or any other right of any person or entity.
5. Modifications
and Interruption to Service
The
Conference reserves the right to modify or discontinue the Continuing
Education Tracking Tool with or without notice to the Member. The Conference
shall not be liable to Member or any third party should the Conference
exercise its right to modify or discontinue the Service. Member acknowledges
and accepts that the Conference does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted
or secure access to the website and operation of the website may be
interfered with or adversely affected by numerous factors or circumstances
outside of our control.
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