Description: The Society of Actuaries’ (SOA) Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program in collaboration with the International Association of Black Actuaries (IABA) and the Organization of Latino Actuaries (OLA) are pleased to publish this essay collection on Aging and Retirement Issues in People of Different Races and Ethnicities. This effort explores how differences in wealth and retirement outcomes are experienced by people of different races and ethnicities and promotes a better understanding of the underlying issues surrounding the differences.

Description: Response to Life Insurance 2020 Foresight – A Call for Essays. An essay stating the author’s vision for the future of the life insurance sector. Focus is on the retirement savings need in the future both in the private individual sector and in the public sector.

Description: Essay submission on impact of COVID-19 on Senior Housing and Support.

Description: The current financial crisis underscores the need for companies to take a sobering look at their approach to risk management. Among the many lessons to be learned, one is immediately clear: The subprime debacle represents a failure in risk management, rather than a failure of risk management.

Description: Describes some of the challenges to be overcome in United States regulation of systemic risk. Argues that actuarial contributions can significantly accelerate progress in systemic risk regulation.

Description: Collection of Risks Embedded in Predictive Models essays.

Description: The present crisis in global financial markets has created an impression that enterprise risk management ERM has failed broadly to protect the safety and soundness of the financial system as well as that of many institutions, including insurance companies.

Description: Examination of current funding models of Canadian public pension plans and a proposal for funding reform to improve intergenerational equity & sustainability.

Description: E-book contains 16 topical essays that express the opinions and thoughts of a number of authors on the subject of Investment Fallacies.

Description: This collection of articles and essays will look at the impacts of excessive heat on mortality, morbidity, property damage, and other costs, and the contribution from climate change factors, as well as the applications to actuarial practice and quantification of risks resulting from excessive heat.