Description: Review the submission for the Mew Consulting team (from ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Salisbury University, U.S.) for the 2024 SOA Research Institute Student Research Case Study Challenge, which provides an opportunity for teams of students to apply their actuarial skills on a real-world problem in a business setting.

Description: The document is a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a research study on offshore life and annuity jurisdictions' reinsurance landscapes, commissioned by the Society of Actuaries Reinsurance Section. It outlines the background, purpose, research objectives, proposal requirements, selection process, submission details, and other related information.

Description: Review the submission for the Cardinal Consulting team (from Ball State University, U.S.) for the 2024 SOA Research Institute Student Research Case Study Challenge, which provides an opportunity for teams of students to apply their actuarial skills on a real-world problem in a business setting.

Description: This webcast will walk through several statistical methods for imputing race and ethnicity from U.S. datasets, highlighting strengths and weaknesses and evaluating accuracy.

Description: This data request is for a study focusing on surrender/lapse, withdrawal, living benefit utilization, annuitization, and premium deposit experiences. The study aims to provide detailed analysis and insights into fixed indexed annuity contract activities.

Description: Given the rise in interest rates during 2022, join an insightful discussion on the implications of increasing rates on fixed annuity (FA) and fixed index annuity (FIA) business by looking at industry experience for FA and FIA products for 2022 compared to earlier years. Additionally, you will walk through partial withdrawals, guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit (GLWB) utilization, mortality and what to expect as interest rate volatility continues.

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: Review of paper describing Collective Defined Contribution Plans. the elimination of traditional pensions by many companies have left employees without easy access to reliable retirement income Collective Defined Contribution plans which are used to a small extent in the US but more broadly used elsewhere offer an option for consideration.

Description: Remembering Walter S. Rugland, SOA Past President

Description: Learn about the role of obesity and education in determining age-sex-specific premature cardiovascular mortality