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Countdown to October: Annual Meeting Planning in Full Swing
In this behind-the-scenes look with the CCA president, Yi-Ling Lin, she takes you through how the Annual Meeting planning committee brings the meeting to life — from brainstorming sessions and whiteboards full of ideas, to the competitive (and fun!) process of slotting time for each session.
May 2025
- Membership News
- Education Spotlight
- CCA Community Digest
- Other Actuarial Association Opportunities
Membership News
Innovative At-Home Testing
In this podcast episode host Ed Pudlowski talks with David Stein, co-founder and CEO of Ash Wellness, to explore how Ash is transforming access to at-home health testing.
Leadership Interview with Michael Clark and Yi-Ling Lin
In this month’s edition of the Leadership Interview series, CCA Past President Michael Clark talks with Yi-Ling Lin, a seasoned health actuary and current CCA President to explore the professional transitions that have shaped her career — from insurance to consulting to leadership. She opens up about realizing she gets bored easily, what that’s taught her about her drive for challenge, and how she stays mentally engaged.
CCA Award Nominations Deadline: June 1, 2025
Annually, the CCA recognizes actuaries who go above and beyond to make a difference in their communities and workplaces. Help us recognize and honor your peers this year for their outstanding contributions. Nominate your fellow CCA members for one of these four awards. -Lifetime Achievement Award -Most Valuable Volunteer Award -New Volunteer Impact Award -Wynn Kent Public Communication Award
New Resource Library Questions Published
The CCA has developed (and will continue to develop) a library of new questions and answers, titled the Orange Book. The federal agencies no longer participate in producing the Gray, Blue and Green Books, but there are questions that cannot be clearly answered by existing agency guidance. The Orange Book provides Q&As addressing questions you may have, with potential answers. The rationale/support for the answers, including potential alternative answers, is provided by the experienced members of the CCA's Pension Actuarial Resource Committee. CCA has posted the first set of Orange Book Q&As, which is labelled Orange Book. The Orange Book includes 39 Q&As.
Education Spotlight
2025 Webinar Subscriptions Available - New bundle offering
New this year, when you purchase an annual webinar subscription you have the option of adding the 2025 Professionalism Forum at a discounted registration rate. The 2025 webinar series will keep you at the forefront of late-breaking issues while meeting your continuing education requirements, CCA is offering 20 engaging and highly relevant webinars in 2025. The 2025 webinar series covers three broad topical areas: cross discipline, healthcare and retirement and each category will cover professionalism topics.
Save the Date!
Plan on joining us in Las Vegas, Nevada October 26-29, 2025, for the Annual Meeting. Sessions will be held at the Cosmopolitan. Watch for meeting and hotel registration links in June.
Let’s Raise the Level of Discourse Around Health Insurance | Author: Justin Hornburg, FSA, FCA, MAAA
In the wake of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson’s murder, the public conversation about health insurance has become more emotionally charged than ever, yet much of it lacks factual rigor. Let’s Raise the Level of Discourse Around Health Insurance challenges the oversimplified narratives that dominate the debate. Insurance companies are frequently vilified, while the roles of doctors, hospitals, and economic realities are ignored. If we want a better healthcare system, we have to start with a better conversation, one rooted in facts rather than sentimentality
Two Paths Forward: Bringing Long-Term Sustainability to the Multiemployer Pension System | Author: Josh Shapiro, FCA, FSA, MAAA, EA
Prior to the 2021 passage of the American Rescue Plan Act, the multiemployer pension system was engulfed in crisis. Well over 100 plans faced inevitable insolvency, and more than a million participants were certain to lose their retirement benefits. Not only were plans failing, the government agency charged with backstopping the plans also faced insolvency. ARPA averted this catastrophe. Many people try to avoid using the word ‘bailout’ because of the negative reactions it generates, but the multiemployer pension section of ARPA is a bailout if there ever was one.
Community Digest
Community Digest
CCA Communities are active forums for getting answers, sharing your concerns and taking actions to help shape the profession. Visit your communities to stay up to date and join the conversation. To join communities, visit your member profile.
Community Discussion
Communities discuss issues and share information that is relevant to the CCA membership. This month, discussion topics included:
- Continuing the conversation: CCA webinar on setting economic assumptions
- Expansion of 162(m)
- Comments requested: Academy draft practice note on MA plan cost projections for retiree group health benefit valuations
- Autism
- Actuarial honesty
- DOL On PBM transparency
- Optional form elections and assumptions
- Don't let their chaos become yours
- Health fund contribution rates
- Decision in special financial assistance case
- Pension plan termination - ASC 715 Surplus Account
To join in on discussion, join a community today.
Explore the New and Improved CCA Community Site!
We’ve upgraded the CCA Community Site — and it’s all about making your experience better, faster, and more connected.
Here’s what’s new and designed just for you:
- A Smarter Central Feed. See the latest activity across all your communities in one place. Like posts directly from your feed, check out reply counts, and follow discussions that matter to you.
- Easier Navigation. Your homepage now includes a My Communities list and a Followed Content section, so you can quickly jump to the topics and conversations you care about most.
- More Control, More Connection. Stay in the loop with improved tools that help you engage, share, and grow within your professional community.
Log in today and see how the new updates help you get even more out of your CCA community!
Other Actuarial Association Opportunities
The CCA is proud to support the efforts of organizations that invest in the professional development of actuaries, and strive to bring more people into and diversify the actuarial profession. Support provided by the CCA includes financial and/or in-kind contributions to the following organizations:
Abacus Actuaries
A network of aspiring, practicing, and former actuaries, working together through mentorship programs, networking and other professional development opportunities to break the bamboo ceiling so Asians can achieve equal representation in the highest ranks of the actuarial profession.
International Association of Black Actuaries
The International Association of Black Actuaries (IABA) is a volunteer-based organization dedicated to increasing the number of successful Black actuaries through programs that address the underrepresentation of Blacks in the profession.
Network of Actuarial Women and Allies
An organization committed to connecting and empowering women of all backgrounds, races, ethnicities, and life circumstances to be successful in the actuarial profession.
Organization of Latino Actuaries
The Organization of Latino Actuaries (OLA) provides exam support, scholarships, job search support, and an interactive network and pipeline of talented Latino students and actuaries.
Sexuality and Gender Alliance of Actuaries
SAGAA’s purpose is to facilitate connections between LGBTQ+ actuaries and allies to engage in community-wide dialogue about LGBTQ+ issues. This group aims to create a safe space for dialogue, community, and career encouragement, while also educating the broader actuarial profession.
The Actuarial Foundation
The Foundation provides free virtual math resources and tutoring, administers middle and high school academic competitions and funds scholarships.
Professional Resources
Past Issues
- Volume XXIX, Number 2, July 2017
- Volume XXIX, Number 1, March 2017
- Volume XXVIII, Number 2, October 2016
- Volume XXVIII, Number 1, April 2016
- Volume XXVII, Number 2, July 2015
- Volume XXVII, Number 1, March 2015
- Volume XXVI, Number 3, September 2014
- Volume XXVI, Number 2, May 2014
- Volume XXVI, Number 1, February 2014
- Volume XXV, Number 3, September 2013
- Volume XXV, Number 2, June 2013
- Volume XXV, Number 1, February 2013
- Volume XXIV, Number 3, September 2012