Description: This report highlights major weather stories that unfolded across the month of May 2020.

Description: Essay submission on impact of COVID-19 on retirement.

Description: An update of selected key graphs from the Key Statistics section of previous COVID-19 briefs.

Description: 2021 Generally Recognized Expense Table (GRET) recommendations.

Description: The Mortality Improvement subgroup of the American Academy of Actuaries’ Life Experience Committee and the Society of Actuaries’ Preferred Mortality Oversight Group Valuation Basic Table Team has released a recommendation for the methodology to use to develop the set of improvement factors to be used in conjunction with the 2008 Valuation Basic table or the 2015 Valuation Basic table for AG-38 purposes for year-end 2020.

Description: This is the full research report for the thirteenth Emerging Risk Survey which summarizes the results of the survey.

Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a wide-ranging impact in areas of interest to practicing actuaries. Correlations exist between the pandemic and many topics varying across a range of practice areas. The SOA Catastrophe & Climate Strategic Research Program Steering Committee has sponsored these visualizations exploring the correlation between the COVID-19 pandemic and a theme of choice of the individual contributing authors.

Description: Standard data sets, CVS format

Description: Even if you aren’t interested in going to Rome, this article is the first in a series on the process of innovation. It defines innovation, describes an overview of the innovation process, and includes a few innovative techniques and examples of innovation. However, it does not provide directions to Rome, as all roads lead there anyway.

Description: View the Candidates for 2020 Section Election - Social Insurance & Public Finance .