Travelers
Insurance
UConn
SOA/CAS
Actuarial
100

The Travelers Logo

What is the red umbrella?

100

The lack of incentive to guard against risk where one is protected from its consequences, e.g. by insurance. 

What is moral hazard?

100

These two young and talented department heads lead the actuarial department, serving as role models for everyone in the major. 

What is Michael Braunstein and Jim Trimble?

100

The names and number of exams shared by both organizations

What are Probability (P/1), Financial Math (FM/2), and Investments and Financial Markets (IFM/3F)?

100

The body that represents and unites United States actuaries in all practice areas. Established in 1965, it serves as the profession’s voice on public policy and professionalism issues.

What is the American Academy of Actuaries?

200

The Types of Insurance Sold Here

What is Property & Casualty Insurance? (Business Insurance/Home+Auto, Bond and Specialty also count)

200

A market situation where buyers and sellers have different information, so that a participant might participate selectively in trades which benefit them the most, at the expense of the other trader.

What is adverse selection?

200

This is the year UConn was founded. 

What is 1881?

200

The final credentials an individual receives from completing all their exams (in either organization). 

What is an FCAS (Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society) or FSA (Fellow of the Society of Actuaries)?

200

The money set aside by insurance companies to pay policyholders who have filed or are expected to file legitimate claims on their policies.

What are reserves?
300

These two major offices contain the majority our actuarial staff.

What is Hartford and St. Paul?

300

This department helps support agents and brokers by matching a customers risk to the right amount of coverage

What is underwriting?

300

The two years both the UConn Men and Women won the national championship

What is 2014 and 2004?

300

This failed initiative from the CAS and the SOA attempted to merge the two organizations in the Fall of 2018

What is Stronger as One?

300

A growing trend in the industry involving big data and statistical methods.

What is data science/predictive analytics?

400

The name of our Actuarial Program

What is the AALDP (Actuarial and Analytics Leadership Development Program)

400

Name 3 hot topics in the property/casualty insurance industry

What are: big data, social inflation, telematics, autonomous vehicles, catastrophe modeling, cyber insurance, asbestos?

400

This former UConn basketball player is currently playing for the Boston Celtics.

What is Kemba Walker?

400

This CAS preliminary exam covers the basics of rate making and reserving; two of the key concepts in actuarial work.

What is exam 5?

400

The NAIC stands for 

What is the National Association of Insurance Commissioners? 

500

Travelers' largest line of business

What is Workers' Compensation Insurance?

500

This coverage bundles together multiple coverages that typically would be needed with each other. Typically the package may include coverage for business crime, business automobile, boiler and machinery, marine, or farm. 

What is CMP? (Commercial Multi-Peril)

500

The full name of the Coach of the Women's Basketball team. 

What is Luigi "Geno" Auriemma?

500

These two CAS specific exams help prepare individuals for all things statistics.

What is MAS-1 and MAS-2? (Modern Actuarial Statistics)

500

A business professional who deals with the measurement and management of risk and uncertainty

What is an actuary?