LGBTQ+ Insurance Issues Essay Collection

May 2023

Overview

This collection of essays offers insights into how some LGBTQ+ individuals and their families experience insurance-related issues, broadening understanding of these issues beyond the LGBTQ+ community. The SOA Research Institute hopes that enhanced understanding may lead to innovations within or related to the actuarial and insurance industries.

First Prize Winner

Beyond the Binary—How Insurance Companies Can Adapt to Meet the Needs of Transgender, Non-binary, and Intersex Individuals

Jonah von der Embse, FSA, CERA, MAAA

Second Prize Winner (tie)

Looking Back to Move Forward: How the Cultural History of LGBTQ+ People Relates to the Contexts of Health, Insurance, and Marriage

Edward Chamberlain, PhD

Mental Health Services and Supports for At-Risk LGBTQ+ Youth

Ellyn M. Russo, MS; Ali LaRocco; Danielle Rubin; Donna Wix, ASA, MAAA; and Andrew Gaffner, FSA, MAAA

Third Prize Winner

Systemic Barriers to Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth

Benjamin Parchem, PhD and G. Nic Rider, PhD

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Thank You

The SOA Research Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Research Program thanks the Project Oversight Group for their careful review and judging of the submitted essays. Any views and ideas expressed in these essays may not reflect their views and ideas nor those of their employers, the Society of Actuaries, the Society of Actuaries Research Institute, or Society of Actuaries members.

Andrew Larocque, ASA, MAAA
Anna Rappaport, FSA, MAAA
Brian Bayerle, FSA, MAAA
Eileen Luxton, FSA, FCIA
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, FSA, MAAA
Ian Duncan, FSA, FCA, FCIA, FIA, MAAA
Mark Sayre, FSA, CERA
Max Rudolph, FSA, CERA, MAAA
Samuel Baker, FSA

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