Janet Duncan
FCAS, FSA, MAAA

Janet Duncan is an actuarial Lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara where she teaches an introduction to Property Casualty insurance (PSTAT 183). She has over 30 years of property/casualty financial analysis experience, including commercial and personal lines reserving and pricing, financial and capital modeling, planning, and management reporting. Janet’s work experience includes six years as CNA’s senior vice president and signing actuary, responsible for $17 billion of property/casualty reserves. Prior to CNA, Janet worked at XL Capital, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and Aetna Life & Casualty.

EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATIONS

• University of Connecticut, Bachelors degree - Math/Actuarial Science
• Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS)
• Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA)
• Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA)

PUBLICATIONS

• X. Liao, G. Chen, B. Ku, R. Narula and J. Duncan (2020). “Text Mining Methods Applied to Insurance Company Customer Calls: A Case Study.” North American Actuarial Journal 24(1).
• Duncan, N. Huynh, R. Molinari and J. Duncan (2018) “Using Survival Analysis to Predict Workers’ Compensation Termination.”  Variance. 13:1, 2020, pp. 31-53.

COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION

• AAA Committee on Property/Liability Financial Reporting (COPLFR)
• AAA IFRS Task Force
• AAA Property/Casualty Opinion Seminar Committee
• CAS Academic Central
• CAS Committee on Professionalism Education
• CAS Committee on Reserves
• CAS Exam Committee
• International Actuarial Association General Insurance Committee
• NAIC Task Force member for developing minimum knowledge requirements for US Appointed Actuaries
• SOA General Insurance Curriculum Committee (GO)
• SOA General Insurance Exam Committee (Vice Chair)
• SOA General Insurance Research Committee
• SOA Strategic Planning Task Force