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: Product complexity, the services provided by distributors, their method of obtaining clients, and their relationship to insurers all affect the characteristics of in force membership.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute will host a virtual Open House about the Institute’s Health Care Cost Trends Strategic Research Program. We welcome academics, volunteers, and other professionals to join us and learn more about this program and its related activities. There will be a brief presentation with plenty of time for conversation and questions. And, of course, this is a great opportunity for you to share ideas and thoughts for future research efforts in this area!

Description: Discuss changes in group life waiver of premium claim recovery and mortality experience since the 2005 table was released, the development of the 2023 table, and the new statutory valuation standard approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).

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: Explore the post-pandemic COVID-19 workforce and its characteristics in this webcast. Due to the Great Resignation, employers were and continuously are seeking ways to attract and retain talent beyond higher wages.

Description: This session is designed to inform you about the current state of mental health and mental health care in the United States, as well as future trajectories. By exploring topics such as plan design, provider network, provider reimbursement, and other relevant channels, this session aims to enlighten everyone on existing challenges and the strategies being employed to tackle them. Notably, this will include and highlight proposed changes to the mental health parity. Additionally, attendees will hear from a mental health provider/academic on these topics to gain a non-actuarial perspective.