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Kurt Piper

I thought that since we have just had our elections, it would be a good time to write about the importance of elections for ACOPA.Of all the actuarial and other professional organizations, ACOPA is the only one I know of that has so many of its leadership positions subject to a full, free and fair... READ MORE
I thought that since I have maybe figured out this job and have not yet become irrelevant, it’s the perfect time to tell you what I see the State of the College is.Education – JBEAI haven’t done much at all in this area since becoming President because the work being done by our folks on the... READ MORE
On May 4-6, Bill Karbon, Judy Miller and I attended a meeting of the North American Actuarial Council (NAAC), which consists of the Presidents and Presidents Elect of the five U.S. actuarial organizations, the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) and the three Mexican actuarial organizations. In... READ MORE
First, as I have mentioned in the last couple of newsletters, our Membership Committee organized a membership drive at the Enrolled Actuaries Meeting April 2-5, 2017. There will be a similar drive at the annual Western Benefits Conference July 9-12, 2017 in Anaheim, CA. There will be more on that... READ MORE
First, as I mentioned in the last newsletter, our Membership Committee is organizing a membership drive at the Enrolled Actuaries Meeting, April 2-5, 2017. There will be a similar drive at annual Western Benefits Conference, July 9-12, 2017, in Anaheim, CA. Anyone who is attending the Enrolled... READ MORE
First, the Los Angeles Advanced Pension Conference was a great success. Many thanks to our conference committee and ARA staff who make these conferences possible. It never rains in Southern California, but the deluge neither dampened the enthusiasm nor watered down the technical content of the... READ MORE
The rest of the EC and I have spent much of the past two months discussing a number of diverse professionalism and membership issues and projects, and I thought I would take this opportunity to speak of these from atop the head of Ozymandias.Three of the other four U.S.-based actuarial... READ MORE
We wanted to provide an update on some ACOPA projects.First, in the December issue you will see an article by the Chair of our Professionalism Committee, Lynn Young, and the projects the committee has been working on. I leave it to her to fill you in on the details, but let me say one thing: the... READ MORE
From Sept. 29 to Oct. 2, Karen Smith, Bill Karbon, Judy Miller and I attended a meeting of the North American Actuarial Council (NAAC), which consists of the presidents and presidents-elect of the five U.S. actuarial organizations, the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) and the three Mexican... READ MORE
In April 2016, Judy Miller, Karen Smith and I went to Guanajuato, Mexico to attend a couple of actuarial inter-societal meetings.First, there was a meeting of the Council of U.S. Presidents (CUSP) meeting. CUSP used to be a committee of the American Academy of Actuaries and is currently an informal... READ MORE
The first big problem in being on the losing or (alleged) winning side of a takeover plan is money. Sometimes the client owes the prior actuary money and doesn’t intend to pay and yet still needs information or documents from the prior actuary. From The ARA Code of Conduct:“When a Principal has... READ MORE