Description: The SOA, with SCOR as the researcher, completed an experience study of post-level term (PLT) lapse and mortality. In the first part of this session, the presenters will cover the key findings of the traditional analysis regarding the shock lapse, the PLT lapse and mortality experience. The remainder of the session will focus on the results of the predictive modeling, which will provide further insights into policyholder behavior in the post-level term period.

Description: Analyzing large quantities of raw complex data is often a challenge in the health care industry. During this webcast, there will be a demonstration of how unsupervised machine learning techniques can be applied to such data to help bring useful insights. This will include examples that use unsupervised learning techniques spanning dimensionality reduction, clustering and anomaly detection.

Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 3F: LDTI - Disclosure Production Deep Dive 8.30.21 Recording

Description: Throughout this session, the presenters will focus on tax rules pertaining to life and annuities, highlighting the recent changes to interest rates under Internal Revenue Code Section 7702 which determines whether a contract qualifies as a life insurance contract. In addition, recent annuity changes will be discussed such as required minimum distributions. Background and examples will be provided on the cash value accumulation test, the guideline premium requirements and the cash value corridor rules under 7702.

Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 5C: Assumption Setting in an Uncertain World 8.31.21 Recording

Description: The level-funding approach to medical stop-loss insurance is growing in popularity, yet is highly specialized. This session will give the actuarial community an overview of level-funding, including the basic mechanics, the benefits of offering level-funding to clients, and the five keys to success, including the ability to underwrite this specialized coverage.

Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 2B: Ethical Implications of Big Data, Predictive Models and Artificial Intelligence 8.30.21 Recording

Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 1C: Earnings Pressure Impact on Annuity Product Development and the Insurance-Linked Securities Market

Description: Necessity was the mother of invention last year in the life insurance industryas carriers rapidly implemented new underwriting programs to continue writing business in the face of logistical challenges and a global pandemic. In this session, the presenters will recap some of those challenges and the solutions carriers employed, then discuss how we can slow the pace and adopt a more proactive posture as we near the end of the pandemic. Cross-discipline perspectives will be shared on which pandemic solutions hold promise as lasting fixtures of our business along with key considerations to weigh when temporary accommodations become permanent paradigm shifts.

Description: 2021 ImpACT Conference - Session 6B: A Courtroom Case: Data Democratization to Drive Analytics? 10.27.21 Recording