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.
Announcements
David Ogden Appointed to ABCD
David F. Ogden, MAAA, FSA, has been appointed as the newest member of the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline. David is a health consultant with 35 years of experience in commercial, Medicare and Medicaid consulting. He has worked with health plans, providers, state Medicaid agencies, Blue Cross Blue Shield plans and insurance companies, and has significant experience working with Medicare Advantage and Part D plans.
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
ABCD publications and documents
- Rules of Procedure (a guide to how the Board handles requests for guidance and complaints about actuarial conduct)
- Annual reports published by the Board
- "Up to Code" columns written by ABCD members for Contingencies magazine (external links)
- Published guidance by the ABCD in response to request for guidance.
Up to Code
Recent articles
This regular column in Contingencies highlights the ABCD's work and important professionalism issues.
- “New Kid on the Block”
(Contingencies, November/December 2013)
by Rick Block - “Phone a Friend”
(Contingencies, September/October 2013)
by Kathleen A. Riley - “How to Evade the Code”
(Contingencies, July/August 2013)
by Robert J. Rietz - “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.