Description: This research report examines the ban of the use of genetic testing information in life insurance mortality.

Description: Investigate from many angles the variety of potential impacts of increasing inflation on actuarial products and services in the insurance and retirement industries.

Description: The SOA, with SCOR as the researcher, completed an experience study of post-level term (PLT) lapse and mortality. In the first part of this session, the presenters will cover the key findings of the traditional analysis regarding the shock lapse, the PLT lapse and mortality experience. The remainder of the session will focus on the results of the predictive modeling, which will provide further insights into policyholder behavior in the post-level term period.

Description: 2021 ImpACT Conference - Session 6E: Impact of New UW Data Sources and Tools 10.27.21 Recording

Description: Universal Life with Secondary Guarantees (ULSG) was first introduced in the late 1990's as low-cost, long-term death benefit protection. As this business ages, writers are experiencing pressured earnings from emerging experience, secondary markets for insurance products and low interest rates. In response, writers are sharpening their pencils on experience analysis and risk management with an eye for opportunities to increase the performance of their blocks.

Description: The Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Surveys of the Society of Actuaries Research Institute sent companies a survey in May of 2019 on mortality improvement practices. Note this survey was completed prior to the onset of COVID-19, so that issue was not addressed in this survey. The purpose of the survey was to examine mortality improvement practices with respect to life insurance and annuity pricing and financial projections in both the U.S. and Canada.

Description: Insurers are increasingly using advanced analytics to model expected outcomes. Two well-known examples in the life insurance industry are models for predicting policyholder behavior and to manage risk selection. The presenters will explore the various types of advanced analytics being considered in models and how the associated risks of these models can be incorporated into an enterprise's risk framework.

Description: 2021 ImpACT Conference - Session 5D: Data Science: The New Frontier for Evaluating Digital UW Evidence 10.26.21 Recording

Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 8B: Proxy Discrimination in Life Insurance 9.1.21 Recording

Description: Implementing the new data and system requirements related to LDTI bring a renewed focus on the partnership between actuarial and IT teams. This session will discuss common challenges encountered in the past couple of years of LDTI implementation and propose ways on how to ensure a strong partnership between actuarial and IT teams to implement the necessary changes for LDTI.