The SOA’s Actuarial Innovation and Technology Strategic Research Program highlights actuarial research, surveys and papers on the use of new technology involving the actuarial profession. The program is also designed to share how actuaries develop new innovations in this space. Topics include predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and how actuaries use computational power.
Actuarial Innovation & Technology Strategic Research
The SOA Strategic Research Programs emphasize the skillset and thought leadership of actuaries, and help provide insights to members, stakeholders, and the public on socially relevant topics.
Actuarial Innovation & Technology Strategic Research
Research Reports
This literature review provides insights on emerging technologies that interact with the actuarial profession within the space of microinsurance for the purpose of establishing a frame of reference for actuaries to use in their work.
Data Visualization in Actuarial Practice
This collection of articles is designed to encourage new ways to communicate actuarial work through data visualization techniques.
Big Data and the Future Actuary
The purpose of this report is to review the existing literature on how today’s unprecedented access to data is reshaping the capabilities of insurance actuaries.
The Impact of Genetic Testing on Life Insurance Mortality
This report examines the potential impact on U.S. life insurance industry claim costs should legislative changes occur in the U.S. on either the federal or state level that ban the use of genetic testing information in the new business life insurance process.
Cancer Genomics
Traditional pillars of cancer treatment – surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy – are moving to two new efficacious approaches: tumor genomics and immunotherapy. This analysis report introduces SOA stakeholders to these brand-new areas, examines the growing clinical evidence, and sets initial projections for cost effectiveness.