Description: The Society of Actuaries is pleased to make available a collection of videos highlighting the Aging & Retirement Strategic Research Program and some of the seminal research conducted under the program.

Description: In this session, morbidity and life expectancy trends are discussed. In addition, a case study in R on how to model the uncertainty associated with incidence of disability, disabled and active deaths and other terminations is presented.

Description: This is a transcript of a roundtable discussion moderated by Anna Rappaport. The purpose of the roundtable is to discuss a model of personal investing known as the Life–Cycle Model of Investing and Saving. This model is concerned with how individuals can find ways to smooth their consumption so that they have a roughly similar standard of living across different periods of time. This roundtable discussion was the catalyst for the article, 'Perspectives on Retirement Planning and Consumption' written by Steven S. Siegel for the October/November 2007 Actuary magazine.

Description: The conventional methods for genetic analyses of data on aging and longevity-related traits underutilize available information on aging, health and life span and treat the limited data set as the only source of information about the traits. We show that the power and biological relevance of GWAS can be enhanced by incorporating the biological and demographic principles of trait formation into the backbone of genetic analyses, through appropriate mathematical models and statistical functions, and by incorporating genetic questions into a comprehensive framework of dynamic analyses of longitudinal data. In this paper we use Framingham Heart Study data from the original cohort to show how genetic factors are associated with age trajectories of physiological variables and other biomarkers. The approach allows for incorporating hidden biomarkers of aging into the stochastic process model of aging and mortality and evaluate age their age patterns fr om the data for individuals with different genetic background.

Description: A listing of research papers sponsored by the SOA prepared to enhance the understanding of the post-retirement period of life.

Description: The objective of the Phase I research effort was to further the Committee’s work by defining relevant and actionable consumer segments among middle-income / mid-level net worth households. This report updates the Phase 1 analysis using data through 2010.

Description: This session brings to life the popular series entitled 'What Would You Do?' in Leadership & Development's section newsletter The Stepping Stone. As in the newsletter, participants will be posed with a real-life situation and must answer the question 'What would you do?' Situations can vary (e.g. pricing/product focused, valuation focused, professionalism, etc.) with all including a leadership/softskills slant. Participants will be expected to provide their perspectives on the situation and what they believe will work most effectively.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) is honored to announce the recipients of the Outstanding Session Awards for the 2023 SOA Health Meeting that took place in person on June 26–28 and virtually on July 11–13.

Description: A Brief covering the impact of COVID-19 on mental health.

Description: This is a web page containing links to papers presented at the Retirement 20/20 conference held in Washington, D.C. on November 17 & 18, 2008.