Description: Central University of Finance and Economics Becomes the First Chinese University to be Recognized as a Center of Actuarial Excellence by the SOA

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute received a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to educate insurance actuaries on the use of wildfire risk datasets and models to be developed by researchers from academia and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Description: The SOA released its mortality improvement scale for pension plans, MP-2018, projecting lower future rates of mortality improvement.

Description: The Society of Actuaries will be the lead sponsor of The Actuarial Foundation’s Math Motivators program and will match the SOA members’ donations.

Description: Schaumburg, IL, November 29, 2023—The Society of Actuaries (SOA) has recognized California State University, Los Angeles and the University of Texas at El Paso as University-Earned Credit (UEC) Diversity Extension (DE) programs and five new universities as UEC Centers of Actuarial Excellence (CAEs).

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) has provided comments on the draft definition to the NAIC.

Description: In an effort to cultivate a more diverse profession and membership for their organizations, The Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), through their Joint Committee for Inclusion, Equity and Diversity Charter (JCIED) have made a commitment to significantly increase their funding and support of the International Association of Black Actuaries (IABA) for the next three years (2019-2021).

Description: Schaumburg, IL, Oct. 9, 2023 – As part of the Society of Actuaries (SOA)'s Long-Term Growth Strategy , fostering a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment is a critical goal to enhance the influence and positive impact of the actuarial profession. Committed to transparency and accountability in its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, the SOA has been releasing diversity reports since spring 2021.

Description: Press release about a new report by the SOA, CAS and AAA entitled 'The Financial Crisis and Lessons for Insurers,' providing further insights on the causes of the subprime crisis, and subsequently the financial crisis - with an emphasis on Enterprise Risk Management.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) Board of Directors (Board) gathered in Pittsburgh October 23-24. The Board is continuing to work on strengthening the profession and the SOA and to prepare members and candidates for the future.