Description: With record numbers of job openings, rising interest rates, the highest inflation in decades, and the possibility of a recession, it has been an unusual and challenging time for the U.S. economy. Explore the impact that recent economic trends may have on group disability insurance, including morbidity, growth, and financial performance..

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: 2020 and 2021 presented numerous challenges to life and annuity product development actuaries. External forces required carriers to rethink underwriting requirements and risk assessment in real time. Alterations in regulatory frameworks and statutory requirements forced changes to product development priorities while alterationsin the work environment forced changes in how work routines were structured. This session will bring together a group of life and annuity stakeholders to discuss how they addressed these and other challenges, and how their work will be impacted going forward.

Description: Like it or not, variable annuity (VA) liabilities are inextricably linked with the equity markets. Generally, up markets reduce the excess benefit liability and increase fee income, while down markets increase the excess benefit liability and reduce fee income. Given the volatility, most VA writers will hedge to meet their needs. In this session, the presenters will discuss the need for hedging, regulatory requirements and how companies ultimately determine their hedging strategies.

Description: Despite its significance, longevity risk in the U.S. market has historically received fairly little attention, especially in international comparison, but the tide seems to be turning.

Description: Highlight key trends in life and annuity pricing, including pricing assumptions and pricing methodology. Participate in a discussion that includes pricing targets, use of value of new business (VNB), mortality assumptions, use ALM models and pricing scenarios.

Description: Think about the last time you revamped your organization's case setup and billing processes. If nothing is coming to mind, you're not alone. Many insurance carriers haven't rethought the way they do case setup and billing in decades, and it's losing them hundreds of thousands of dollars in premium annually.

Description: Join a panel of experienced Health Actuaries as they discuss the significance of actuaries' contributions to making U.S. health care better and how actuaries might enhance their contributions to fixing problems.

Description: There have been many areas of change in the annuity market. Focus on product changes, market evolution and emerging behavior and mortality experience for annuity products. Explore lessons from the VA and FIA markets based on data from industry experience studies and potential implications on new product development. Investigate emerging regulatory requirements affecting annuities, such as VM-22, LDTI, and regulation best Interest rules, as well as how they may impact product development.

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.