Description: Imagine that the insurance purchase process is a bridge. The customer is coming from one direction and crossing the bridge and the insurer is coming from the other side. The point at which they meet is the transaction point. At one time, customers were willing to completely cross the bridge to get to the insurer. They knew that they needed insurance, and like any retail purchase, they would “travel” to make it happen. Today, the insurers are normally the ones “journeying” across the bridge. This is the future of insurance — useful, convenient, intelligent protection that does its best analytic and protective work on the client-side of the bridge.

Description: This session is based on research sponsored by the Society of Actuaries Mortality and Longevity Strategic Research Program, the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries to develop new methods and tools to enhance current mortality modeling and measurement actuarial practices. The presentation will discuss research accomplishments to date including a new mortality dataset that subdivides the U.S. population by education level and provides insightful analysis on mortality inequalities and mortality by cause of death. Additionally, research currently being performed or planned will be explained.

Description: The article offers a more nuanced approach to caregiving as the population ages, suggesting our current focus on planning leaves out most people. Instead find solutions for non-planners!

Description: Excellent big picture view for planning a social insurance system with pay-as-you-go, required self-funded, and voluntary plans.

Description: This is one of eight essays from the collection: 2020 Living to 100 Essays.

Description: This is A Value-Based Longevity Index for Hedging Retirement Income Portfolios paper authored by Jonathan Ziveyi, Kevin Krahe, Michael Sherris and Andres M Villegas for Session 1A of the January 13-15, 2020 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

Description: This is discussant comments from the session on Climate Change Effects at the January 15-18, 2023, 2023 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

Description: This is a paper from the session on Mortality Modeling and Forecasting at the January 15-18, 2023, 2023 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

Description: This is a paper from the session on Retirement Factors and Stages at the January 15-18, 2023, 2023 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

Description: This is a paper from the session on the Aging Process at the January 15-18, 2023, 2023 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando, Florida.