Description: Discuss changes in group life waiver of premium claim recovery and mortality experience since the 2005 table was released, the development of the 2023 table, and the new statutory valuation standard approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting reveiws executive compensation focusing on retirement, disability and survivor benefits provided to corporate executives above those offered to other employees and the techniques to fund these programs.

Description: This discussion at the 1968 Annual Meeting covers various individual life and health insurance topics including new health benefits, health underwriting, life insurance guaranteed insurability, conditional receipts and term insurance.

Description: This study estimates the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases and reported deaths by hospital referral regions (HRR) using Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 data by U.S. county and the Dartmouth Atlas Project division of counties into HRRs.

Description: 2021 ImpACT Conference -Session 9B: AITSC Present I – Lightning Talks on Latest Research 10.28.21 Recording

Description: The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Society of Insurance Research (SIR) started developing research addressing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) topics. Join panelists as they briefly present an overview of their organization's DEI research and share their perspectives on common challenges facing all the stages of this research: - Planning relevant and timely research with a long timeline. - Getting appropriate data and resources to support your research. - Communicating research on topics that may be controversial.

Description: There are growing concerns that the Asian bird flu virus will evolve into a form that can be transmitted from human to human, thus unleashing a new global flu pandemic. This article uses the Spanish flu epidemic and the German life insurance portfolio to analyze the additional claims expenditure due to a pandemic.

Description: Book review of Employee Benefits, written by Burton T. Beam, Jr., and John J. McFadden. Published in 1985 by Richard D. Irwin, Inc. 486 pages plus bibliography and index.

Description: As actuaries, we're trained to see patterns in numbers and to design solutions that mitigate risk. While quantitative analysis and modeling are critical actuarial tools, looking at the numbers alone can lead to insurance products that don't succeed in the real world the way math says they should. With new digital technologies surfacing in the insurance space, we have more data at our fingertips than ever before, leading to a higher focus on doing quantitative research within insurance product design. Take back a step from quantitative research and discover qualitative research methodologies into your product development process to design solutions that meet real needs in the market. In a nutshell, qualitative research can surface issues early and help you answer questions such as: Can we really sell this product in the market? Why would someone buy this? How widespread is the need? How could your product be a solution you didn't intend?

Description: Gather with members and non-members in the China actuarial community to discuss recent topics and related issues in areas such as macroeconomic sharing, pension, investment, product strategy, and more.