Description: When setting reserves, multiple methods are often used in the creation of the reserve estimate. Judgment is warranted to combine these different estimates into a final recommendation. This paper describes two techniques that can be used to combine these estimates that may result in better accuracy and lower variance.

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: This webcast will walk through several statistical methods for imputing race and ethnicity from U.S. datasets, highlighting strengths and weaknesses and evaluating accuracy.

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: Telehealth came to the forefront in a significant way during – 2020–2021, partially due to the pandemic. What is the reasonable expectation of future consumer use of telehealth? This virtual option has the ongoing potential to increase access to health care services to plausibly lower the cost of care. Furthermore, telehealth continues to evolve as a technology. Keeping current with advancements as well as consumer willingness to use this medium are important to the future of health insurance. By attending this session, you will learn about the latest advancements in telehealth as well as implications for cost of care due to consumer use.

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.