Did you know when actuaries need help with thorny professional problems, they can ask an ABCD member for informal advice?
How do you complain to the ABCD about an actuary's conduct? What happens once a complaint has been made?
Learn about the complaint process.
ABCD members make educational presentations at actuarial seminars and clubs, regulators' meetings, and elsewhere. Contact us to request an ABCD speaker for one of your meetings.
Mission
The Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline was established by the U.S. actuarial organizations to strengthen members' adherence to the recognized standards of ethical and professional conduct.
Proposed Revisions in the ABCD Rules of Procedure
The ABCD seeks the benefit of your comments and suggestions regarding its proposed revisions to the ABCD Rules of Procedure. An exposure draft of the proposed revisions can be found here. Your comments may be submitted by either electronic or conventional mail. Deadline for receipt of responses in the ABCD office: June 30, 2013
Up to Code
Recent articles
This regular column in Contingencies highlights the ABCD's work and important professionalism issues.
- “There's an App for That”
(Contingencies, May/June 2013)
by Janet Fagan - “Moral Turpitude”
(Contingencies, March/April 2013)
by Curtis Huntington - “New Year’s Resolution”
(Contingencies, January/February 2013)
by Nancy Behrens - “Modeling to Code”
(Contingencies, November/December 2012)
by John Purple - “Let’s Be Perfectly Clear”
(Contingencies, September/October 2012)
by James Gutterman - “Keeping the Code”
(Contingencies, July/August 2012)
by Kathy Riley - “Peer Review”
(Contingencies, May/June 2012)
by Janet Fagan - “Am I Qualified?" ”
(Contingencies, March/April 2012)
by Robert J. Rietz - “Types of Discipline”
(Contingencies, January/February 2012)
by Nancy Behrens
Read more Up to Code articles.
ABCD basics
Rules of Procedure
The ABCD "Rules of Procedure" explains how the ABCD does its work. This succinct guide describes how the Board offers guidance, deals with confidential information, and evaluates complaints, among other topics.