Description: As the size of the life reinsurance market in Bermuda has grown to over half a trillion dollars at the end of 2021, more and more actuaries are getting involved with this 21 square mile North Atlantic island in one way or the other. Come explore a fundamental understanding of the Bermuda solvency framework and an overview of its upcoming changes.

Description: Discuss population mortality improvement trends in the U.S. This will include analysis of cause of death data and trends in mortality pre-pandemic and during the pandemic. We will also discuss ways to think about translating population mortality improvement to an insured population.Learning outcomes includea better understanding of the drivers of recent mortality improvement and insights on how to create a company view on mortality improvement.

Description: Join us for the Recent Trends in the Competitive Landscape webcast where you'll find an exploration of the how the insurance industry is rapidly evolving. Discover various structures and reinsurance strategies that will improve a competitive position in the insurance landscape. Come learn about the latest structures used by insurers in the market, which will focus on asset strategies that create a growing segment of the Life and Annuity insurer landscape. Indicate the key components of asset strategies that result in significant changes to the insurance investment landscape.

Description: With the persistent low interest rate environment, fast pace of regulatory changes and the size of insurers' back-books relative to new business, it is no surprise that insurers have become increasingly focused on their management of non-guaranteed elements ('NGE') for life and annuity business. Come explore the opportunities and challenges offered by NGE management, with consideration for market trends, regulation, the new ASOP 2 and emerging case law.

Description: As a consequence of increased merger and acquisition activity in the insurance market in recent months, understanding the methodology behind goodwill calculations is becoming more relevant. Actuaries play an integral role in the calculation and validation of goodwill values. By understanding the principals and concepts in more detail, we can ensure that an optimal approach can be achieved both in terms of accuracy and value to the business. Gaininsight into the various components of goodwill, including an overview of the actuarial appraisal method that establishes how to calculate those components. Drill down to core intangibles, including VOBA, VODA and VOCRA. Explore the best practices for calculation of these components and obtain an understanding of the assumptions, methodology, and challenges that are being presented while deriving values of goodwill. Identify the key choices which can be made and how they impact the value both initially and over time. By attending the session, you will: - Describe the components of goodwill. - Calculate the components of goodwill. - Understand the challenges of calculating goodwill. - Understand what decisions are available within the methodology and their impact.

Description: As the size of the life reinsurance market in Bermuda has grown to over half a trillion dollars at the end of 2021, more and more actuaries are getting involved with this 21 square mile North Atlantic island in one way or the other. Come explore a fundamental understanding of the Bermuda solvency framework and an overview of its upcoming changes.

Description: Go over how the actuarial processes have changed over the past 10+ years with the move to PBR, US GAAP LDTI, IFRS 17 and other emerging requirements.

Description: As the size of the life reinsurance market in Bermuda has grown to over half a trillion dollars at the end of 2021, more and more actuaries are getting involved with this 21 square mile North Atlantic island in one way or the other. Come explore a fundamental understanding of the Bermuda solvency framework and an overview of its upcoming changes.

Description: State regulators continue to focus on the emergence of private equity firms purchasing life insurance companies, supporting reinsurance transactions, and the growing trend in life companies owning more complex assets. Modeling of complex assets is also growing in focus to balance risk and return parameters in forward financial models and asset adequacy testing. Hear from actuaries, regulators and rating agencies as they present the latest developments for the future of the intersection of private equity and life insurance companies and the potential for new regulatory guidance.

Description: Life insurance has no shortage of issues and innovations impacting the day-to-day life of products, a product actuary and the life insurance process. Listen to a group of experts discuss the key topics faced when issuing and managing life products, including innovations, regulations, growth, opportunity and cautions pertaining to Term, whole life, and UL products. By attending the session, you will: Be able to identify trends in life products and processes, avoid pitfalls of product development through increased awareness of innovations and issues, and identify key developments that could impact life products.