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 Monday general 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 by Juan Bendana immediately follows. In a world where self-doubt and change are relentless, Juan Bendana helps teams turn uncertainty into an opportunity for personal and professional growth. Based on his ground-breaking book Confident By Choice, his high-energy presentation provides audiences with the tools to build unshakable confidence, overcome imposter syndrome, and cultivate a growth mindset in the moments where it matters most. Through powerful stories, humor, and actionable takeaways, Juan inspires you to break through mental barriers, reignite motivation for your work (and life!), and step into bold, aligned action.

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.

Consulting actuaries rely on a broad set of tools to support professionalism, sound judgment, risk management, and navigation of complex client and stakeholder relationships. This session provides an overview of key professionalism resources in the actuary’s toolkit and highlights selected resources developed (or in development) by the CCA’s Professionalism Committee, including papers on documentation requirements, peer review, and actuarial communications.

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 by a nationally recognized multi-generational expert and generational studies enthusiast Meagan Johnson. Having a Generational Misunderstanding is nothing new. Many of us have walked away from a multi-generational interaction with less than stellar results. We are left scratching our heads, thinking, “is this a generational issue or a personality problem?” Combined with conflicting generational information and blatant generational stereotypes, it can be a challenge to forge a new path with the multi-generational people in our lives. The truth is, the workforce, and possibly your household, spans across five generations. On one end of the spectrum, the younger generations in the workforce, are beginning their careers during one of the largest global upheavals the world has experienced. On the other end, an entire generation, on the precipice of retirement, is learning how to conduct business in an increasingly digital environment. It can be a struggle to find the right balance between the sometimes-conflicting needs of each generation. Since 1997; Meagan has researched, written and spoken about the multiple generations. Her focus is on how to build a culture of multi-generational collaboration… not alienation. Rather than promoting generational stereotypes, Meagan explores what drives a generation to succeed.