Description: This session is designed to inform you about the current state of mental health and mental health care in the United States, as well as future trajectories. By exploring topics such as plan design, provider network, provider reimbursement, and other relevant channels, this session aims to enlighten everyone on existing challenges and the strategies being employed to tackle them. Notably, this will include and highlight proposed changes to the mental health parity. Additionally, attendees will hear from a mental health provider/academic on these topics to gain a non-actuarial perspective.

Description: Until recently, the placement of healthcare coverage risk in captives was rare, and those captives that carried healthcare risk were generally in Bermuda, Cayman or other traditional offshore captive domiciles. In recent years, more and more entities taking risk on healthcare costs have been exploring the value of placing portions of that risk into a captive insurer or reinsurer, including employers, insurers, and healthcare providers. The increased utilization of healthcare insurance/reinsurance captives (“healthcare captives”) has also expanded the breadth of captive domiciles, with many of these captives being formed in U.S. onshore domiciles. The purpose of this research is to examine the evolution of the use of healthcare captives for managing risk, how the landscape for healthcare captives is changing, captive structures utilized, and methodology for evaluating and selecting a jurisdiction. In addition to providing a resource to help healthcare insurers and other entities manage risk, the research can be used by policymakers to assess the impact of healthcare captives to existing insurance industry regulation and requirements

Description: Read the February 2024 issue of the Catastrophe & Climate strategic research program newsletter.

Description: There have been several law changes made as part of Secure Act 1.0 and 2.0, which should help In-plan annuities become much more prevalent. Pooled employer plans (PEPs) should be the critical catalyst that help plan sponsors be more apt to adopt annuity options. There are several existing options that will be explored, as well as expectations for future market trends and ways life insurers can play in this space as it develops.

Description: Delve into the factors contributing to the rapid growth of high-cost medical treatments and how payers can manage the financial exposure that comes with them. Learn about the current and near-future state of million-dollar medical costs, as well as the trends shaping the industry. By attending the session, you will have a better understanding of the underlying drivers of high-cost treatments and will be equipped with practical strategies for mitigating their financial impact, including risk management techniques, cost containment measures, and new payment models. Additionally, you will be able to identify key considerations for implementing these strategies in their own organizations.

Description: View the Impact of Covid-19 on the Socioeconomic Differential in Mortality in the United States.

Description: "Informal caregiving is far more costly than many people realize. And not just in the immediate future. Current demographic trends suggest that caregiving will become even more necessary and costly as the Baby Boomers continue to age and require more support and services. In 2022, the SOA engaged Milliman, Inc. to conduct an analysis of the need for informal caregiving and its impacts on employees, employers, and other stakeholders. The purpose of this research was to educate stakeholders, policymakers, and other interested parties on the realm of informal caregiving, as well as how the challenges associated with providing informal care of all kinds might be addressed. Discover key findings and themes from the research project, as well as stories highlighting the various forms this role can take, and solutions currently being developed around the country. An open discussion on ways our profession can impact this growing need with the work we do every day in our respective roles will also be included."

Description: Actuaries advancing in their careers, leadership and influencing skills is essential. This webcast illustrates the challenges and methods of influencing in organizations using excerpts from a cinematic case study about a newly promoted senior manager in a large insurance corporation.

Description: In this session, industry leaders in both actuarial work and organization design/change management will focus on how the past three years have accelerated, changed, or slowed trends in the nature of actuarial work, particularly for larger-scale projects with a technology or development life-cycle component.

Description: Stefanos Orfanos shares his perspective and priorities for this year as the incoming chair of the SOA Education and Research Section.