Past Meetings — The Middle Atlantic Actuarial Club

November 2025 MAAC Virtual Meeting

Date/Time: Nov 12 2025, 12-4 PM EST, Nov 13, 2025 8:30-1 PM EST
Continuing Education(CE): Contributes to the required 1 hour Professionalsm CE on ethics
Current Confirmed Speakers (Alphabetical order), Titles, Topics, and Presentation Times

Brian Brown, past President CAS, currently with Milliman, and Katie Pipkorn, Milliman, Vice Chair of CAS' Ratemaking and Product Modelling Seminar, "Ch-ch-ch changes: Reserve Adjustments to Reflect Social Inflation in Casualy Reserves” (ppt)(Thursday 10-11 AM)

William Hines, Chair ABCD, currently at Milliman, "Professionalism Under Pressure". This ethics-focused session will count toward annually required professionalism continuing education. (Thur 11-12 AM)

Ken McKusick,Berwick Consulting, "An Actuarial View of Football Analytics" (ppt) (Thur 12-1 PM)

Robert Devore, "Medical Error Malpractice," (ppt) based on his experience at Harvard (Wed 12-1 PM)

Hal Pederson, Director, Actuarial Program U of C., Santa Barbara, "What is it like to be an investment Actuary" (ppt) (Wed 2-3 PM)

Dan Rachfalski & Hicks Woolwine, CVS-Aetna, “Value Based Contracting, IRA Part D” (ppt) (Thur 9-10 AM)

Bruce Schobel, Council SOA Social Insurance and Public Finance Section, Former V.P. N.Y. Life, Principal Mercer, & SSA, “Social Security Update 2025,” with the following relevant papers, JFSP, 79(2), 2025 and JPSP,79(6) To appear November 2025. (Wed 3-4 PM)

Lisa G. Ullman, Chair IAA committee on Pensions Benefits and Society Security Forum, will speak on a topic related to her Forum (ppt) (Wed 1-2 PM)

Spring 2025 MAAC Meeting

Format: Virtual (Zoom)
Date/Time: May 21st 12:00PM-1:00PM EST
Continuing Education(CE): Contributes to the required 1 hour Professionalsm CE on bias topics
Speaker: Jennifer Balester, FCAS, MAAA, Data Science and Analytics Committee (AAA).
Topic: Discrimination: Considerations for Machine Learning, AI Models, and Underlying Data,
Optional Recommended Reading: AAA paper with the same name
PowerPoint Slides For Presentation: May 2025 Meeting Slides
Cost: $10
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Fall 2024 MAAC Meeting

Format: Virtual (Zoom)

Date/Time: November 12th 12:00PM-4:00PM EST and November 13th 8:30AM-1:00PM EST

Agenda:

Tuesday, November 12th
12:00PM - 1:00PM
U.S. Mortality Trends Through and After the Pandemic
Speaker: Mary Pat Campbell, FSA, MAAA
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Professionalism and Selected ASOP Topics
Speaker: Dave Neve, FSA, MAAA, CERA (Actuarial Standards Board)
2:00PM - 3:00PM
PBGC’s Pension Insurance Modeling (PIMS) and FY 2023 Projections Report
Speaker: Kevin Muse, FSA, CERA, EA (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation)
3:00PM - 4:00PM
North Carolina Department of HHS, Health Opportunities Initiatives
Speaker: Julia Lerche, FSA, MAAA, MSPH (North Carolina Department of HHS)
4:00PM - 4:30PM
Tuesday Afternoon Breakout Networking Session

Wednesday, November 13th
8:30A - MAAC Business
9:00AM - 10:00AM
The FEHB Program: 64 Years of Employer Sponsored Coverage
Speaker: Brenna Scheideman, FSA, MAAA (Office of Personnel and Management)
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Anticipating 2025: Something New, Something Old, Always Possibilities
Speaker: Geralyn Trujillo (American Academy of Actuaries)
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Four Out of Five Dentists Recommend This Session: Hot Topics in Dental Actuarial Work
Speaker: Joanne Fontana, FSA, MAAA (Milliman)
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Military Health In The United States
Speaker: Geof Hileman, FSA, MAAA (Kennell)
1:00PM - 1:30PM
Wednesday Afternoon Breakout Networking Session

2024 Spring Meeting

May 21, 2024
Virtual - Zoom Webinar

The Spring meeting featured a presentation by Liaw Huang (FSA, MAAA, EA, Ph.D.), a member of the American Academy of Actuaries Data Science and Analytics Committee, on bias in the context of data, models, and algorithms.

Click HERE for a link to the presentation.

2023 Fall Meeting

November 15-16, 2023
Virtual - Zoom Webinar

Affording Hope: Paying for Multimillion-Dollar Cell and Gene Therapies (Angela Garcia)

Health Care Spending Growth Has Slowed: Will the Bend in the Curve Continue? (Joseph Newhouse)
Updates on the Financial Status of Social Security and Proposals (Karen Glenn and Steve Goss)
Measuring Health Equity and Affordability in Employer Sponsored Health Benefits (CJ Wolfe)
Changing Healthcare Landscape: Role of the Actuary (Dan Rachfalski)
A Specific Plan to Address Diversity in the Actuarial Profession (Barry Jacobson)
Retirement Challenges in the 21st Century (Steve Malerich)
The Hidden Wounds: Mental Health and Russia’s War on Ukraine (Mitzi Perdue)

2023 Spring Meeting

May 18, 2023
Virtual - Zoom Webinar

The Spring meeting featured a presentation by Shawn Parks (MAAA, FSA) on the latest professionalism discussion papers of the American Academy of Actuaries’ Committee on Professional Responsibility.

Click HERE for a link to the presentation.