Description: This report presents the results of a study comparing health risk scoring models.

Description: The SOA provided comments on the draft discussion paper by the Life, Health and Casualty Actuarial and Statistical Task Forces of the NAIC’s Joint Qualified Actuary Subgroup. The SOA discussed the definition of a “qualified actuary.”

Description: Four stories: Travel Bug (Lisa Marquardt), Imagination Soars (Gary Thomas), Among the Fish and Coral—Amazing! (Sharon Giffen) and On Board with SHIP (Dwight Barlett)

Description: The Casualty Actuarial Society, Canadian Institute of Actuaries, and the Society of Actuaries' Joint Risk Management Section is pleased to make available a research report that investigates risk assessment applications of fuzzy logic. The report includes a literature search and documentation of fuzzy logic methodologies that can be implemented in an actuarial risk assessment context. The report was authored by Arnold Shapiro and Marie-Claire Koissi.

Description: Transcript of the Q&A period from Session 6B: Health Status and its Impact on Mortality

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) retained Milliman, Inc. (Milliman) to conduct a survey on the impact of COVID-19 on long-term care (LTC) insurance mortality, voluntary lapse, and morbidity experience. The results of this survey, which was conducted from August 2021 through September 2021, are presented in this report.

Description: As part of its ongoing effort to provide useful information on COVID-19, the Society of Actuaries (SOA) recently launched a series of reports exploring the impact of COVID-19 on retirement risks.This report is based on a follow-up conversation among actuaries from the SOA Retirement Section Council and the Retirement Section Defined Contribution Initiative Project Oversight Group. The actuaries that participated are currently working with plan sponsors of defined contribution plans in the United States and Canada. This report summarizes observations raised during the conversation about the current issues being discussed with clients to deal with immediate concerns as well as broader considerations about defined contribution plans, emergency funds and financial wellness.

Description: This report presents the compilation of data received from life companies responding to a survey on preferred risk underwriting and provides opinions of the Task Force on Preferred Underwriting with respect to future trends.

Description: The Potential Impact of Pandemic Influenza on the U.S. Life Insurance Industry pandemic model tool. This tool is used to project a Life Insurance companies potential losses from an influenza pandemic. Please see the SOA website for complete instructions on how to use this excel spreadsheet tool. Also see the website for the complete research report: www.soa.org/research/research-projects/life-insurance/research-impact-pan-influ-life-ins.aspx. The core of the paper is quantifying the potential impact of selected pandemic scenarios on the Life Insurance industry.

Description: Summary of a report examining the decision process to retire and views on managing assets after retirement. The study was designed specifically to examine those who were not forced to retire due to ill health or disability.