Maryellen Coggins Becomes President of the American Academy of Actuaries: COGGINS SUCCEEDS 2020-21 PRESIDENT TOM CAMPBELL.

• Position: [IN THE ASSOCIATIONS] INSURANCE ADVOCATE

* Maryellen Coggins of Boston, Mass., has just begun a one-year term as president of the American Academy of Actuaries, succeeding 2020-21 Academy President Thomas Campbell to lead the national professional association of more than 19,500 members.

During the Academy's presidential transition ceremony at the Academy's 2021 Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum in Washington, D.C., Coggins called for a renewed commitment to service amid the many changes affecting U.S. society and the U.S. actuarial profession.

"Transformational events have happened, and are happening, at a rapid pace: presidential and congressional elections, the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and evolving economic and technological risks. Change--including our own changing understanding of risk--is constant and places new demands on our professional work and on our work in the Academy. And the way that we meet the demands of change in the Academy is to constantly renew our dedication to the...