Description: Chairperson's newsletter outlining section strategy for 2023.

Description: Chairperson’s Corner

Description: Chairperson's welcome to the RS and thoughts about our future.

Description: News from the Chair of the SOA International Section

Description: In this article, the author provides an update, as of April 2023, on the Reinsurance Section’s sponsored research in process and studies recently completed.

Description: View the 2009-2013 Individual Payout Annuity Grouped Report

Description: View the Fixed Indexed Annuity Contract Owner Behavior Report.

Description: A discussion of the significant challenges involved in attempting to research with robust analysis the impact of disparities in health care access, cost and quality of care on financial wellness across racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and other demographic groups in the U.S. for reasons other than or in addition to income, wealth or employment status.

Description: This is a paper from the session on Mortality Modeling and Forecasting at the January 15-18, 2023, 2023 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

Description: In the world of big data, tools like Microsoft Excel and VBA are starting to get stretched beyond their intended purpose and capabilities. While easy to use and helpful in analyzing small datasets, these traditional data tools lack the capacity to process and visualize data dynamically. In the last few years, many vendors have started to fill this gap with successful tool offerings for insurance use cases. Although these tools may seem daunting to learn at first, the time saved, and increased flexibility provided by these tools has been well worth the initial investment for many companies.The presenters will use case studies to introduce a variety of data visualization tools for actuaries with different technical backgrounds. In addition, they will demonstrate ways to leverage data visualization techniques to craft compelling stories for stakeholders and business owners. Discuss solutions such as R Shiny, Microsoft Power BI, Python Dash, Tableau, and other cloud offerings. Use cases may include data exploration, data mining, business intelligence, and dashboarding. By attending the session, you will:•Identify drivers of excess deaths in both the U.S. population and insured population as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.•Understand changes in the U.S. population’s health and behaviors that have contributed to these drivers.•Apply theses learnings when considering impacts to future mortality for the insured population.