Description: This report summarizes the results of a 2022 survey examining mortality improvement practices of life and annuity companies in the U.S. and Canada.

Description: This report summarizes the results of a 2022 survey examining mortality improvement practices of life and annuity companies in the U.S. and Canada.

Description: Research report describing the results of an Emerging Risks Survey conducted in 2012. The report includes comparisons to the four previous surveys as well as a survey sent to INARM members in April 2008.

Description: The Society of Actuaries released research in 2007 that develops a model for a U.S. individual life insurance company to consider its potential liability exposure as a result of a pandemic. Sponsored by the Mortality and Longevity Strategic Research Program Steering Committee, this paper updates several model assumptions including mortality in light of COVID-19.

Description: Dealing with more known unknowns? More scary knowns? Or unknown unknowns? What is the next unthinkable? What future events should actuaries actively be modelling and keep us up at night? The Catastrophe & Climate Strategic Research Program of the Society of Actuaries Research Institute (SOA) put forth a call for essays exploring these risks. The Program Steering Committee selected these essays submitted by Sam Gutterman and Max Rudolph to publish, and are awarding them each a prize of $500. The Catastrophe & Climate Strategic Research Program Steering Committee congratulates the authors and is happy to publish the winning essays on the SOA website.

Description: Max Rudolph's winning essay.

Description: This presentation provides actuarial implications of COVID-19.

Description: This is a research report describing the results of an Emerging Risks Survey that asked members of the International Network of Actuarial Risk Managers [INARM] about emerging risks that will have the greatest impact over the next few years. They were also asked by modeling techniques and future spending on risk management.

Description: Research report describing the results of an Emerging Risks Survey conducted in 2014. The report includes comparisons to the previous surveys.

Description: This is the full research report for the thirteenth Emerging Risk Survey which summarizes the results of the survey.