Accreditation Updates

The accreditation process is continuing with site visits by review panels to university campuses over the summer and into September.  I was at Calgary on July 15-16th as part f the U of C review panel, and  a panel was at Western Ontario in late June.  U of R gets a visit in late August.

University Accreditation

The CIA is moving forward with University Accreditation.  The process is handled by a CIA Accreditation Committee which includes myself and local actuary John Dark.


The U of R has applied to become accredited.  Our application was sent off to the CIA on June 30th and we have an on-site review scheduled for August 26-27th.  


The plan is that starting with the Fall 2012 term, students who meet the standards on required ACSC courses can receive a CIA exemption for exams FM, MLC, MFE and C.


Keep checking back for updated information on progress with accreditation at the both the CIA and U of R.  I took part in an information session at the CIA annual meeting on June 29th in Ottawa (slides are shown here)

Proud of Our Grads

Hats off to a number of U of R graduates who have attained actuarial milestones this year.   I saw Meagan Orr and Thomas Webb receive their FCIAs in Ottawa at the annual meeting in June.  Also let's hear it for Nicole Krupski who go her ASA in 2011 and Will Du who became a CERA in 2011 (having become an FSA in 2010).


Just so they don't feel left out, I'll note that other U of R grads with letters include Simon Mellor FCAS, FCIA (2009), Robert Osicki ACAS (2010), Johanen Schmuecker ASA (2009) and Paul Gobeil ASA (2009).

Welcoming New Faces and Returning Old Faces

There are some changes in the instructors teaching ACSC courses for the 2011-2 academic year.  


Welcome to Taehan Bae who joins Larry Miller and I to the ACSC faculty members.  Taehan has his PhD from Western Ontario and will be teaching ACSC417 this fall. 


Welcome back to Andrei Volodin who returns to the Stats team after two years in Australia.