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

Description: This report covers historical mortality from 1999-2018 by race as categorized by population data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) WONDER database. Mortality for all deaths and six specific causes of death are considered over this period. Additionally, in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced mortality as a whole and this report shows the breakdown of COVID-19 deaths by race.

Description: Read the July 2020 issue of Innovators & Entrepreneurs published by Entrepreneurial and Innovation Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: This report summarizes thoughts and questions about the impact of COVID-19 on working in retirement, phased retirement and how the definition and timing of retirement may change. It provides a synthesis of the expert input mentioned above and offers background on related research results. It also describes other issues for further consideration. T

Description: Retirement market study of Chile in Spanish.

Description: This session will explore the various contracting techniques that CMS, providers, and employers are using to achieve their strategic objectives across both the Commercial and Medicare markets.

Description: Vast sums of private equity are flowing into start-ups intent on lowering healthcare trend. This presents a huge challenge for insurance company actuaries to stay current on such start-ups and the innovations they're advancing. Further, it can be overwhelming to evaluate the many vendors eager to sell their services to the company. This session will provide an overview of the start-up and private equity process, review some of the emerging innovators, and discuss approaches to evaluate their Return on Investment (ROI) as efficiently as possible.

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

Description: In this session we will discuss the impact of regulation changes that will allow members with End State Renal Disease (ESRD) to sign up for Medicare Advantage in 2021 for the first time. We will delve into the current basics of how ESRD works, the characteristics of the population that is currently on original medicare today, and a comprehensive look at what plan sponsors should be thinking about going into 2021.

Description: As part of its ongoing effort to provide useful information on COVID-19, the Society of Actuaries (SOA) recently launched a series of reports exploring the impact of COVID-19 on retirement risks.This report is based on a follow-up conversation among actuaries from the SOA Retirement Section Council and the Retirement Section Defined Contribution Initiative Project Oversight Group. The actuaries that participated are currently working with plan sponsors of defined contribution plans in the United States and Canada. This report summarizes observations raised during the conversation about the current issues being discussed with clients to deal with immediate concerns as well as broader considerations about defined contribution plans, emergency funds and financial wellness.