Description: This webcast will explore the shifting landscape of healthcare costs. It will cover healthcare trend basics, recent developments, and what’s ahead. Drawing from comprehensive data analysis and industry insights, this presentation promises to equip attendees with actionable knowledge to navigate the complex terrain of healthcare expenses effectively.

Description: Equity-Based Insurance Guarantee Webcast Series

Description: Study, discuss and explore the professionalism practice, code of conduct and application of the actuarial profession. Hear from seasoned presenters from mainland China as they cover several issues encountered in daily actuarial working environments through business cases and interactive discussions.

Description: Review the 2021-2023 Fixed Indexed Annuity Product & Rider Info.

Description: Prescription drug affordability remains a critical concern for consumers, payers and policymakers alike. This paper discusses an alternative to policy solutions: reimagining commercial pharmacy financing using a value-based reimbursement model to increase transparency, encourage pharmaceutical competition, align stakeholder incentives and mitigate total cost of care (TCOC) increases.

Description: Review the list of candidates who earned Associateship (ASA) with the Society of Actuaries in February 2024.

Description: Review the passing candidate list by name for SOA’s January 2024 administration of exam SRM.

Description: Interview of Natasha Regan about her mastery of the game of chess.

Description: At the end of December 2020, Congress enacted the Consolidated Appropriates Act, 2021, which included revisions to Section 7702. Effective for policies issued after December 31, 2020, the fixed 4% and 6% minimum annual effective rates under these tests were changed to refer to a market-based rate called the “insurance interest rate”. For contracts issued in 2021, the insurance rate was set to 2% - defined as the lower of the Section 7702 applicable federal interest rate based on the 60-month period ending December 2019 (2%) and the Section 7702 valuation interest rate in effect for 2020 (3.5%). This reduction in the rates used for compliance testing required significant product, operational, and technology changes for companies to reach product compliance. After 2021, the insurance interest rate is redetermined annually with a minimum change floor.