Description: This is an interview with Steve Vernon, FSA, MAAA, who runs his own business for helping people live long and prosper–financially, emotionally and with respect to their health. His contribution to society is to use his actuarial expertise and communication skills to help the baby boom generation face these challenges.

Description: Risk is opportunity! Equipped with skills to analyze risks, actuaries are no longer limited to applying these skills solely within traditional actuarial roles. Listen in as the presenters share their career experience in a non-traditional role and provide insights on how being an actuary can bring additional value to the profession.

Description: This literature review provides insights on emerging technologies that interact with the actuarial profession within the space of microinsurance for the purpose of establishing a frame of reference for actuaries to use in their work. Furthermore, it intends to spark readers’ interest in, and create a vision for, how microinsurance and its associated technologies may impact the actuarial industry in the future.

Description: Situated at the intersection of psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and economics, behavioral economics (BE) centers on applying an honest understanding of human behavior to practical problems. This report is designed to provide general familiarity to the reader interested in the subject of BE and motivate additional research on the topic.

Description: Explore how certain actuarial roles should be reserved under defined benefit plans for more than 50 years during the Reserved Roles for Actuaries in Defined Contribution Plans webcast. This online event will be focused on actuaries and defined contribution (DC) plan actuaries and how they have been spotlighted by the pension industry due to their roles. Join us to discover which roles under DC plans could be reserved for actuaries by plan sponsors or through legislation.

Description: This webcast focuses on developing talent within organizations through a multi-option approach. It covers creating a culture of growth, growth planning, gaining support, and advancing careers. Managers learn how to engage and retain high-performing employees. The benefits of investing in talent development are highlighted, along with practical options for implementation. Attendees gain actionable insights for creating their own plans, and managers understand the importance of supporting these plans to retain top talent.

Description: Presenters will discuss recent topics and related issues in areas such as insurance market and regulatory environment, IFRS 17, C-Ross Phase II, Product innovation and pension and plus more.

Description: This article explores the challenges of writing exams during the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons learned.

Description: In this fourth issue of International News of 2022.