Description: Come discuss inforce management techniques that go beyond the traditional methods of adjusting non-guaranteed elements within contractual limits. Methods such as retention, cross-selling/up-selling, wellness, exchange programs and other customer behavior initiatives will be presented with relevant considerations.

Description: Focusing on the topic of Principle Based Reserves (PBR), the SOA offers on-demand education. The PBR series consists of ten micro-lessons providing foundational education on PBR and requirements of VM-20.

Description: Exploration of the legacy of black insurance companies through description of 5 of the largest companies and their founders.

Description: Just as the U.S. is dealing with a new surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations and death, the pandemic’s impact on the nation’s mortality rate is generating heightened interest. Two new reports issued from the Society of Actuaries provide important insights.

Description: This article discusses the fact that consumers at large do not know that banks sell life insurance. Banks are encouraged to develop a more focused strategy to increase awareness and sales.

Description: Interview on opportunities for InsurTechs in Life and Health reinsurance. Themes covered include digital distribution and digital health data. The article also shares insights into the role of the reinsurer when working with InsurTechs.

Description: An analysis of US population mortality trends and the impact of COVID.

Description: Valerie Tsang and Jessica Kirkwood are both senior consultants with Ernst & Young LLP (EY UK) and Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) respectively, who also have something else in common—they both have recently moved to a new country and are now immersed in a different market. Here, they discuss the quick-changing landscape of actuarial work and regulations and the importance of being aware of the key issues both in the countries they work in and globally, as well as some of the differences they have seen between the UK and US markets.