Description: Appendix D is round 2 - reasons for projections from the Delphi study. See SOA website Research section for the full report of the Delphi Study of Economic Variables Report along with all the appendices.

Description: Foreword to monograph presenting results of a Price, Waterhouse study on behalf of SOA. From Study of Public Financial Guarantee Programs, M-FI96-2.

Description: This page presents the Table of Contents to the Price, Waterhouse study. From Study of Public Financial Guarantee Programs, M-FI96-2.

Description: Fully remote and hybrid environments are here to stay and actuarial leaders are continuing to evolve their styles and strategies to accommodate shifting needs. In order to build engaged and future-focused teams, leaders must refine their management approach and be intentional about helping employees build relationships, connect to culture, and lean into their futures with the organization. Listen as the panel shares their insights and experiences on how they have built loyalty and increased productivity among staff to meet business goals and move forward in the new working environment. By attending this session, you will be able to: • Understand the state of the actuarial talent market and changing employee expectations, and what it may mean for your department. • Identify how to best support and engage your employees in a remote and/or hybrid work model. • Apply strategies to enhance communication, lead with empathy and build trust among your team. • Empower and energize your team to increase retention and overall productivity.

Description: Appendix C is round 1 reasons for projections from the Delphi report. See the SOA webite Research pages for the complete report of Delphi Study of Economic Variables Report which includes the full report along with all the appendices.

Description: Appendix F is round 1 future developments from the Delphi report. Please see the SOA website Research section for the full Delphi Study of Economic Variables Report along with all of the appendices.

Description: 2022 was a year of radical change for the annuity market as interest rates increased from historic lows. The rapid growth of RILA products stalled as FIA and MYGA products saw a significant increase in market share. The impacts of the higher rate environment are continuing to be realized in experience, inforce management, product design and more. Explore the retail annuity market with a focus on the impacts of higher interest rates. Expect session materials to draw on experience studies, sales results, product changes, and more which will examine how higher interest rates have altered the annuity market.

Description: After more than a decade of a prolonged low interest rate environment, long-term Treasury rates have started to increase with higher volatility. While it is generally agreed that a modest increase in interest rates and inflation is beneficial to the life insurance industry, interest rate risk remains a significant challenge for life insurance industry to manage its long duration liabilities, especially under volatile interest rate environments. Learn how to proactively manage interest rate risk and improve capital efficiency through the cash flow based strategic asset allocation (SAA) framework. Discover practical examples of how to combine asset allocation with derivatives to manage tail risk and liability convexity.

Description: The Child Tax Credit and Social Security have demonstrated how simple rules based cash transfer programs can significantly lower poverty. Discover information from a paper that describes how the expansion of Social Security can more effectively and efficiently reduce poverty than the current alphabet of anti-poverty programs.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) published its first COVID-19 research brief on March 10, 2020, followed by regular updates and expansions through June 12, 2020. The comprehensive report included a section of statistics that highlight the pandemic’s impact on economies in the U.S. and Canada. This report shows updates through September 30, 2020, to selected graphs from the Economic and Asset Impact section of the comprehensive report.