Description: State regulators and the American Academy of Actuaries will present on the latest developments for the future fixed annuity principle-based reserving framework. The presenters will provide an overview of the proposed methodology, as well as updates on regulatory discussions, field testing, the project timeline and outstanding framework elements yet to be determined. By the end of the session, attendees will understand what changes are being made to non-variable annuity reserves, details underlying existing proposals and the anticipated timing of such emerging changes. The session will meet the needs of actuaries focused on annuity reserve calculations, financial reporting and valuation.

Description: On September 14, 2022, The Wall Street Journal hosted its ‘Future of Health’ event, which was a virtual event featuring three sessions on some emerging cutting-edge topics that could impact the future healthcare environment as well as health care actuaries. This report summarizes the event.

Description: Variable annuity (VA) writers are facing many challenges in today's economic environment. Equity market volatility and low interest rates make guaranteed benefits increasingly expensive to hedge. Both GAAP Long Duration Targeted Improvements and the recent VM-21 changes will drive the need to manage the VA business under a new set of lenses. During this session, the presenters will explore the various in-force management tools VA writers have available and comment on their effectiveness.

Description: Telehealth continues to be a story of unrealized potential than realized success. Find out what's pushing telehealth forward as a means of remote healthcare and the challenges its facing. Discuss questions, including: - Telehealth's role in expanding access to mental healthcare is clear, but what about other conditions? - Was access expanded for all patients or do modern delivery methods leave some patients behind - How do telehealth costs compare to in-person costs? - What happens to the value proposition if unit cost savings is off the table?

Description: One of the many resources that the SOA offers for download are research projects and reports that focus on health.

Description: The class involves a combination of presentations, class participation, in-class exercises and structured hands-on work with the MA BPT in small workgroups. Prior to this course, participants are expected to spend 3 to 10 hours preparing, depending on prior experience level.

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: Web page introducing a study sponsored by the SOA Health Section of nine papers that look at frequently used methodologies of measuring outcomes of health intervention programs.

Description: This is the listing of members of the Committee on Mortality and Morbidity Among Lives Individually Insured.

Description: Quantify the impact on health care costs of specialty drugs and evaluate scenarios for future emerging specialty drugs.