Description: As the outgoing chair of the Marketing and Distribution Section, I want to thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this section’s leadership. It has been an exciting year to be closely involved with all of our section activities. I especially want to thank the other council members for their help with all we accomplished this year: Van Beach, Ian Duncan, Chris Hause, Nancy Manning, Brian Louth, Jeanne Daharsh, Juliet Sandrowicz and Leonard Mangini. These are the people who have helped make decisions, and they continue to volunteer their time to lead our efforts. From News Direct, January 2006, Issue No. 52.

Description: Letter from the chairperson of the Social Insurance and Public Finance Section outlining section goals for 2021.

Description: This paper presents a deeper understanding of the adequacy of the current regulatory requirements of continuing care retirement communities.

Description: This is an article about a survey sent to Long-Term Care section members and the survey results.

Description: From the Chairperson: This column addresses the accomplishments of the LTC section, primarily building community within the health care arena.

Description: This article discusses impact of Life Line Screenings on LTC policyholder claims results.

Description: This is a teaching session discussing periodic health examination and executive health profiling. From Record of the SOA 1976 Vol. 2 No. 4

Description: Provides an update, as of September 2022, on Financial Reporting Section sponsored research projects in process and those recently completed.

Description: The presenters will explore the roles of mental health and social determinants of health in the management of a population's total health. We will explore how emerging sources of data and information have led to a renewed focus on managing mental health conditions and social determinants of health. Speakers will address current health care programs that utilize this data and information to manage the total care for populations using predictive models to improve the deployment of resources and initiatives to improve the cost of care and health of populations. The presenters will also look at how providers of care are approaching mental health co-morbidities to manage physical health and social determinants of health in the management of patients.

Description: Beyond long-COVID, there are concerns about the impact of the pandemic on future mortality and morbidity trends, including the consequences of delayed care (for chronic or acute diseases) during the crisis as well as the indirect impact of the pandemic (e.g. through increased economic uncertainty, the current inflation which results in part from the stimulus package deployed during the lock-downs, and the mental health crisis associated to the social isolation of 2020/2021).