Annual Meeting Cross Discipline Sessions

A panel Responsible use of AI.
 
• Consulting challenges;
• Dealing with clients using AI;
• Danger of others in market using AI;
• How AI can help;
• Where we see things heading; and
• Ethical and professionalism issues.

The CCA’s Business Session begins with the welcoming of attendees, announcement of new directors and officers, Treasurer’s Report and presentation of the CCA’s annual awards. Our keynote presentation immediately follows.

This session explores ERISA and non-ERISA fiduciary governance structures that apply to employer-sponsored retirement plans, and are now being applied to health and welfare plans. The speakers explore what fiduciaries can learn from these other governance regimes as they strive to apply best standards to their own plans.

The CCA Leadership Development Community meets to discuss current issues, outlooks, and news. Neither CCA nor community membership is required to attend.

Organizations that prioritize continuous learning don’t just keep up, they pull ahead. Companies with strong learning cultures consistently outperform their peers, drive higher profitability, and retain top talent longer. Join a dynamic panel of clients and consultants as they share their experiences and learnings from their organizations. Expect an interactive session where your questions and perspectives are part of the conversation.

The US Supreme Court has ruled on many ERISA and ACA cases over the years that had been incredibly impactful in the employee benefits world. This session will describe how such cases wind up at SCOTUS in the first place, and dives into several of the more impactful cases relevant to actuaries and consultants working in the employee benefits space.

Emotional intelligence is crucial for actuaries communicating complex, technical data to non-actuarial stakeholders. Our speakers will address stakeholder management, understanding your audience, and using EI to foster trust and clarity.

The CCA Women in Consulting Community meets to discuss current issues, outlooks, and news. Neither CCA nor community membership is required to attend.

As birthrates have fallen, migration has become an increasingly important determinant of U.S. population growth and age structure. As a consequence, it has also become an increasingly important determinant of economic performance, fiscal capacity, and the sustainability of government spending commitments. Yet the migration assumptions that actuaries and demographers use in making population projections remain largely ad hoc. The prevailing belief seems to be that migration flows, because they are subject to the vagaries of unexpected crises and policy shifts, are simply too volatile and unpredictable to model. This session seeks to challenge that belief. While it is true that in the near-term migration flows are indeed volatile and unpredictable, in the long term they are closely correlated with broader demographic, economic, and social trends that can be modeled with reasonable confidence. Speakers at this session discuss the push and pull factors that drive migration internationally, and explain how a modeling those same factors can improve long-term domestic population projections.

One of the most daunting challenges facing our population is how to plan for and afford long term care. This session will review the current environment/options and possible future solutions.

Description forthcoming.

The 2026 CCA Annual Meeting concludes with the final remarks of the CCA President, the passing of the gavel to the President Elect, and our capstone presentation.