Event: December 2010 Meeting on Professionalism with the current – Chair of the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline (ABCD)
Topic: ABCD Requests for Guidance, or “I have a friend who….”
Speaker: Carol R. Sears FSPA, MAAA, FCA, CPC, EA
Principal and Consulting Actuary, Actuarial Consulting Group, Inc
Do you know that actuaries can ask the ABCD for informal or formal advice? In addition to considering cases involving possible violations of the Code of Professional Conduct, the ABCD provides guidance to actuaries who ask for help in interpreting and applying the Code and/or actuarial standards of practice (ASOPs). Mock RFG’s or audience provided RFG examples will be discussed. 
Carol R. Sears is a Principal of Actuarial Consulting Group, Inc., an employee benefits consulting firm. Ms. Sears has over thirty years of experience in the employee benefits consulting field. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois with a degree in Actuarial Science and Finance. Ms. Sears is a Fellow of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries, a Fellow in the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, a Certified Pension Consultant and an Enrolled Actuary.
Ms. Sears is the current Chair of the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline (ABCD). The ABCD was formed to serve the five US-based organizations representing actuaries to consider complaints and questions concerning possible violations of the Actuarial Codes of Professional Conduct.
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
3:30 Registration / 4:00 Speaker / 5:00 Hors d’oeuvres reception
At this meeting, we received this 2-sided laminated page entitled "A Daily Guide for the Consulting Actuary," which includes a paraphrasing of the 14 Precepts of the Code that govern the professional behavior of all member actuaries. If you want one of these, please contact the American Academy of Actuaries, or the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, or Ms. Sears directly at csears@acg-benefits.com