Description: The Life Meeting, is the result of combining the Life & Annuity Symposium (LAS) and the Valuation Actuarial Symposium (ValAct). The Life Meeting will offer sessions specific to pricing and valuation as well as sessions on emerging issues relevant to both groups. These common themes include InsurTech, diversity, accounting change and the current economic environment.

Description: The chair of the International Section of the SOA reports to the section members.

Description: In September 2017, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) issued the “C-ROSS Phase II project construction plan”, planned to be used across three years’ time, by perfecting the regulations, improving the operational mechanism and strengthening the regulatory cooperation.

Description: This is the presidential address by former SOA president, Harold G. Ingraham, Jr. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1987, Vol. 39.

Description: The objective of this statement of principles is to articulate the current understanding of the significant principles that form the scientific framework underlying all areas of actuarial practice. The intended audience includes practicing actuaries, researchers and others, such as representatives of standard-setting organizations. This articulation is not immutable and should be revised if changes arise in our understanding of the key concepts and phenomena relevant to actuarial science, or if a better expression of the ideas is developed. This statement is the culmination of an effort that begin with the October 1991 draft by the SOA Committee on Actuarial Principles entitled “Principles of Actuarial Science. After incorporating numerous comments, that statement was published in Transactions of the Society of Actuaries XLIV, 1992.

Description: In an effort to cultivate a more diverse profession and membership for their organizations, The Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), through their Joint Committee for Inclusion, Equity and Diversity Charter (JCIED) have made a commitment to significantly increase their funding and support of the International Association of Black Actuaries (IABA) for the next three years (2019-2021).

Description: This paper delves in the four pillars that support the professional exercise of an actuarial mathematician: operating, teaching, consulting and researching.

Description: This session brings to life the popular series entitled 'What Would You Do?' in Leadership & Development's section newsletter The Stepping Stone. As in the newsletter, participants will be posed with a real-life situation and must answer the question 'What would you do?' Situations can vary (e.g. pricing/product focused, valuation focused, professionalism, etc.) with all including a leadership/softskills slant. Participants will be expected to provide their perspectives on the situation and what they believe will work most effectively.

Description: To outsiders, the actuary's work is not well known. This article shows how actuaries add social and economic value across disciplines.

Description: Educational opportunities for those interested in Long Term Care.