Research Emerging Topics

This page contains emerging research topics in risk management in a variety of areas. As new reports and studies on risk management become available, you’ll find them listed below. Most reports are in PDF format.

Climate

In this category of risk management studies and reports, you’ll find research that explores how climate risk may affect the finance and insurance industries.

• Climate, Weather, and Environmental Sources for Actuaries
  April 2017
  This report is a collection of sources that deal with the questions of how do scientists know, and what could actuaries do regarding climate change, environmental risks, and weather.
• Climate Sources for Actuaries
  April 2017
  This research will initiate the development of a repository of information regarding existing climate and environmental sustainability research of interest to actuaries.
• Actuaries Climate Index
  Updated Quarterly
• Determining the Impact of Climate Change on Insurance Risk and the Global Community Phase 1: Key Climate Indicators
  November 2012

General Insurance

Risk management reports that are relevant to general insurance matters are available for download below.

• Delta Boosting Machine with Application to General Insurance
  March 2017
  

  This research paper introduces Delta Boosting as a new member of the boosting family.

• Cybersecurity Insurance: Modeling and Pricing
  March 2017
  

  This research paper develops a framework for modeling and pricing cybersecurity risk.

• Improving Disaster Financing
  February 2017
• General Insurance Deductible Ratemaking with Applications to the Local Government Property Insurance Fund
  November 2016 
• Farm-Level Crop Yield Forecasting in the Absence of Farm-Level Data
  November 2016
• Hedging with Life and General Insurance Products  
  October 2016

U.S. Population

The Society of Actuaries (SOA) has sponsored a program of research that utilizes U.S. Population Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to produce studies, tools and articles that may be of interest to its members and the public. See the list below for the publications released by the SOA.

• Seasonal Influenza in the United States 2016‐2017
  September 2017
  Observations and commentary on the 2016‐2017 and recent flu seasons with relation to various mortality and morbidity measures available through the CDC.
• U.S. Historical Population Mortality Rates 2000-2015
  July 2017
  The Society of Actuaries (SOA) is pleased to present historical U.S. population mortality rates by gender and single year of age for calendar years 2000-2015.
• US Population Mortality Rate Study - Variation by Age Group, Cause of Death and Region from 2000‐2015
  May 2017
  This report covers US regional population mortality experience during the period 2000-2015. The Society of Actuaries pursued the research as part its ongoing longevity and mortality research initiatives. The purpose of the research is to produce an overview of the differences and similarities in mortality by age group, time, cause of death and region (geographic and urban-rural) to better aid in the understanding of future expected mortality rates and the management of public programs and policy.
• Expanding the Human Mortality Database to include Cause‐of‐Death Information
  February 2017
  The Human Mortality Database is a unique open‐access collection of detailed mortality and population data for 38 countries with complete and reliable vital registration and census data. This report overviews the development and completion of the HMD data series down to a cause of death level for an initial set of eight populations: Canada, Czech Republic, England and Wales, France, Japan, Norway, Sweden, and the United States.
• Potentially Preventable Deaths in the U.S.
  December 2016
• U.S. Historical Population Mortality Rates 2000-2014
  November 2016