Description: Reunite with members and non-members in the China actuarial community to discuss recent topics and related issues in areas such as macroeconomic sharing, IFRS 17, product strategy, cross-border communication and discussion, and more. Advance your career through learning and networking opportunities, and share your experiences in the finance and insurance industries, as well as other fields related to actuarial science.

Description: In this Determining Appropriate Sensitivity Tests webcast, explore sensitivity testing effectiveness, the important difference between sensitivity and stress testing and more. Understanding sensitivity testing is critical to actuarial work, especially in order to properly assess and evaluate risk factors. Come explore approached to sensitivity tests and effective evaluations of sensitivity test results in order to elevate your knowledge within the actuarial science field.

Description: Learn from panelists from different companies as they come together to discuss their experiences.

Description: Learn how modernization of data, models, and technology are influencing workflows. This webcast will address how workflows are changing in response to new regulatory requirements and the impacts the changes have on modeling and end-to-end future state operating models. Industry leading actuaries will discuss: How team collaboration can increase quality and speed of reporting to internal and external stakeholders How to strengthen controls and compliance frameworks across finance and actuarial departments How to modernize actuarial input/output for strategic analysis and insights How to attract and retain top talent by improving opportunities for actuaries There will also be dedicated time to ask questions of those who have made the transition.

Description: Article from The Actuary, January 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 1 is an actuary's view on accountants and adjusted earnings.

Description: The ASU 2018-12 guidance, otherwise known as long-duration targeted improvements (LDTI), establishes a significant new category of benefit features called market risk benefits (MRB) that protect the contractholder from other-than-nominal capital market risk and expose the insurer to that risk. Insurers will have to measure market risk benefits at fair value. There are a few examples of MRB, Including the most common one— MGxBs on variable and indexed annuities. This change may bring significant volatility to earnings of these GMxB policies that are currently valued under the insurance accrual model (such as SOP 03-1). How to analyze the changes in volatility in MRBs became the natual question for many companies that haven't been valuing them on fair value basis. Besides the GMxBs, have you wondered when or if the guaranteed annuitization options offered by your company have other-than-norminal risk? By attending the session, you will: · Understand different types of MRBs. · Learn about ways to analyze the changes in volatility in MRBs from SOP 03-1. · Understand the accounting of MRB change for a contract under reinsurance going through spread and liability assumption updates. · Understand when the guaranteed annuitization options become MRB and how to evaluate that.

Description: The Life Meeting, is the result of combining the Life & Annuity Symposium (LAS) and the Valuation Actuarial Symposium (ValAct). The Life Meeting will offer sessions specific to pricing and valuation as well as sessions on emerging issues relevant to both groups. These common themes include InsurTech, diversity, accounting change and the current economic environment.

Description: This year’s Life Meeting was unable to take place in person as planned in New York City. We are looking forward to the Life Meeting returning to New York City in 2024!

Description: Gather with members and non-members in the China actuarial community to discuss recent topics and related issues in areas such as macroeconomic sharing, pension, investment, product strategy, and more.

Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 8F: Smaller Insurance Company Chief Actuary and Appointed Actuary Forum 9.1.21 Recording