Description: This report examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental illness and the impact of mental illness on mortality and longevity in the U.S.

Description: View the Spring 2018 Individual Life and Annuities Life Finance And Valuation, U.S. Introductory Study Note for the Exam.

Description: In this webcast, presenters highlight efforts to understand U.S. cause-of-death mortality trends. Discover insights on modeling and forecasting premature cardiovascular mortality, cancer mortality, treatments, technology trends, and COVID-19 excess mortality. Plus, get a sneak peek at 2025 research topics.

Description: Some new variable and index-linked annuities offer simplified guarantees with limited downside protection; the policyholder “pays” for this protection with a limited upside. These products effectively provide policyholders access to an equity index with an option pass-through. This new direction blurs the line between more traditional variable annuity and fixed indexed annuity products. This session will discuss these and other similar product innovations, including some interesting regulatory, accounting, and risk management considerations.

Description: Learn from two well-known experts about the U.S. Social Security program. The topic call will begin with a short discussion of the basics of the program – who is covered, how are benefits calculated, how it is funded, and current projections of program solvency. Then our experts will explore hypotheticals of trust fund reserve depletion, how that could affect the U.S. population, and proposals to restore the solvency of the program.

Description: This study estimates the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases and reported deaths by hospital referral regions (HRR) using Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 data by U.S. county and the Dartmouth Atlas Project division of counties into HRRs.

Description: Join us for this popular annual webcast covering the latest considerations for the year's U.S. statutory financial reporting work. Always informative and occasionally entertaining, this webcast offers a chance to hear from three expert speakers, who will discuss asset adequacy testing and this year's New York and California holiday letters, the impact of recent interest rate changes, potential changes to statutory financial reporting due to climate change, and recent proposal(s) impacting asset adequacy testing for reinsured business.

Description: This webcast will explore hedge strategies that can take advantage of synergies with existing business, improve liquidity and collateral management, incorporate opportunistic design-making, and reflect a company’s appetite for certain risks where excess returns can be earned.

Description: How does retirement preparedness in the U.S. vary across racial/ethnic groups? This report compiles and analyzes a wide variety of works that look at this this question from specific questions. The result provides a broader perspective through comparison of seven metrics tracked from 2012 to 2021.

Description: Starting an actuarial consulting business is exciting—but navigating the legal landscape can feel overwhelming. In this session, Robyn Marino, Esquire, will cover key legal topics for U.S.-based actuarial consultants, including business structure, licensing, contracts, trademarks, and data privacy. Leave with practical tips to help start your business with a strong legal foundation for your practice.