Description: Prior to the global pandemic, investment in new health technologies had already reached an all-time high. As the world begins to emerge from COVID-19, what new technologies will next take root in the health care system and how will those affect medical costs? This session will review recent research from the SOA Health Section on how new technologies are spread and adopted. Particular focus will be given to emerging modes of consumer engagement and highly-focused gene and cell therapies that are breaking new ground in combating rare diseases. (We plan on focusing on 2 technologies like Consumerism or Telehealth & Gene & Cell Therapy depending on availability of speakers or if there are other sessions in this virtual meeting covering the same topic)

Description: This paper charts the economic status of women moving from marriage to widowhood, and examines the changes in income and income sources that actually occur as women are widowed. The paper focuses, in particular, in the actual and potential role of pensions in preserving the economic status of widow. From Retirement Needs Framework, M-RS00-1.

Description: This 1979 report, prepared by the Society of Actuaries Committee on Self-Administered Retirement Plans, provides mortality experience among pensioners and some nonretired participants under certain large self-administered plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1979 Reports.

Description: This document is a summary of a presentation made at the 1975 SOA annual meeting discussing current and future trends with regard to: a Population and mortality, b Family structure, c Forms and role of government, d Economic forces including the saving process, productivity, and inflation., and e Public attitudes. The impact of these items on savings vs protection, individual versus pension, public versus private, pension product design, marketing and distribution and investment policy is discussed.

Description: The purpose of this study is to provide quantitative information illustrating the impact of reflecting mortality improvement using a “Generational Approach” in the actuarial valuations of defined benefit pension plans versus reflecting mortality improvement by more traditional methods.

Description: The SOA is pleased to make available the first report in a series highlighting the SOA's extensive boy of research on post-retirement risks and issues.

Description: This fact sheet highlights the essential points of the 2017 Risks and Process of Retirement Survey report.

Description: The Society of Actuaries Research Institute’s Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program is pleased to release a collection of essays addressing the impact of inflation on retirement and retirement-related issues.

Description: This report covers mortality among pensioners along with some some disability pensioner mortality experience.