iCAS Announces Board of Directors with Experts from Data Science, Analytics.

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* The CAS Institute (iCAS), a subsidiary of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) offering specialty credentials to quantitative professionals in data-intensive sectors, recently announced its first board of directors. Previously governed by the board of the CAS, iCAS will now be led by a dedicated six-member board that reports to the CAS Board. The iCAS Board is composed of recently appointed iCAS President Joanne Spalla, iCAS Director Amy Brener, CAS Executive Director Cynthia Ziegler and three appointed directors:

* Frank H. Chang, FCAS, Ph.D., director of insurance and safety analytics at Uber Technologies;

* Stephen J. Mildenhall, FCAS, CSPA, CERA, Ph.D., assistant professor of risk management and insurance, and director of insurance data analytics, at The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John's University; and

* Peter L. Miller, MBA, CPCU, president and chief executive officer of The Institutes.

Miller was appointed to serve as chair of the 2019 iCAS Board for a one-year term.

Chang has been with Uber since 2014, previously serving as Google's lead actuary (and first dedicated staff actuary) from 2012-2014. He holds the Certified Litigation Management Professional designation and also serves as a professor at the Litigation Management Institute.

Mildenhall began his career at CNA; prior to joining St. John's University in 2016, he was Global CEO of Analytics for AON pic, based in Singapore, and head of Aon Benfield Analytics. Mildenhall also helped establish Aon's Singapore Center for Innovation and Analytics.

As president and CEO of The Institutes, Miller currently leads the CPCU Society and The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation. He serves as a member of the board of the Insurance Institute of Switzerland; he also serves as chairman of the Institute for Global Insurance Education (IGIE), the CPCU...