Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 8A: Use of Electronic Health Records in the Assessment of Life and Health Risks 9.1.21 Recording

Description: Illustration testing can be complicated as the number of in-force illustrations continue to grow. AG 49 and AG 49-A complicate management of policies that have indexed based interest credits. This workshop will encourage discussion of practices and problems faced by companies complying with the Illustration Model Regulations, ASOP 24 and/or AG 49/AG 49-A.

Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 8B: Proxy Discrimination in Life Insurance 9.1.21 Recording

Description: 2020 and 2021 presented numerous challenges to life and annuity product development actuaries. External forces required carriers to rethink underwriting requirements and risk assessment in real time. Alterations in regulatory frameworks and statutory requirements forced changes to product development priorities while alterationsin the work environment forced changes in how work routines were structured. This session will bring together a group of life and annuity stakeholders to discuss how they addressed these and other challenges, and how their work will be impacted going forward.

Description: Gain insight into lessons learned from VM-20 implementation and recent regulatory updates such as the introduction of future mortality improvement (FMI), changes to the economic scenario generator (ESG), and the recently adopted AG AAT. By attending the session, you will: •Have a high-level overview of recent VM-20 updates and hot topics, such FMI and ESG updates•Understand the challenges presented by PBR implementation, and the implications of performing multiple critical and required system updates simultaneously•Improve your understanding of the development and implications of the AG AAT

Description: The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is in the middle of a project to change the real-world economic scenario generator (RW ESG) prescribed for principle-based reserve and capital calculations. Explore a brief summary of the NAIC's RW ESG project and gain a general overview of RW ESGs. Learn how RW ESGs impact principle-based reserve and capital levels, their potential impact on life insurance companies and consider differences between the currently prescribed RW ESG and the proposed RW ESG.

Description: In discussing the contemporary reactions to this regulation, as well as how EU-based insurance firms adapted to the shift, this segment will invite us to question our assumptions on the role of gender-based pricing in the future of the industry. In the latter half of the presentation, we will delve into the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ individuals when accessing life, health, and auto insurance.

Description: Learn more about recent updates to the Bermuda Market and how this may impact current and future market players. This session will cover the Bermuda reserving and capital requirements and how the recent Bermuda Consultation Paper may impact the industry. At the end of the session, you will have a better understanding of the status of the proposed changes, the implications and general observation of the industry reactions.

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: 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.