Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 8A: Use of Electronic Health Records in the Assessment of Life and Health Risks 9.1.21 Recording

Description: Economic Scenario Generator - Investment Section Web Series Session #2 - Real World This session will cover the following points: 1. NAIC ESG 2. Strategic Asset Allocation and Optimization Techniques 3. Covid-19 Postmortem: Modeling and calibration changes because of recent events

Description: The SOA, with SCOR as the researcher, completed an experience study of post-level term (PLT) lapse and mortality. In the first part of this session, the presenters will cover the key findings of the traditional analysis regarding the shock lapse, the PLT lapse and mortality experience. The remainder of the session will focus on the results of the predictive modeling, which will provide further insights into policyholder behavior in the post-level term period.

Description: 2021 ImpACT Conference - Session 6E: Impact of New UW Data Sources and Tools 10.27.21 Recording

Description: The Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Surveys of the Society of Actuaries Research Institute sent companies a survey in May of 2019 on mortality improvement practices. Note this survey was completed prior to the onset of COVID-19, so that issue was not addressed in this survey. The purpose of the survey was to examine mortality improvement practices with respect to life insurance and annuity pricing and financial projections in both the U.S. and Canada.

Description: Economic Scenario Generator - Investment Section Web Series - Risk Neutral

Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 8E: Insurance M&A Valuation Methodologies and Considerations 9.1.21 Recording

Description: Necessity was the mother of invention last year in the life insurance industryas carriers rapidly implemented new underwriting programs to continue writing business in the face of logistical challenges and a global pandemic. In this session, the presenters will recap some of those challenges and the solutions carriers employed, then discuss how we can slow the pace and adopt a more proactive posture as we near the end of the pandemic. Cross-discipline perspectives will be shared on which pandemic solutions hold promise as lasting fixtures of our business along with key considerations to weigh when temporary accommodations become permanent paradigm shifts.

Description: After years of discussion and debate, PrinciplesBased Reserving (PBR) is finally a reality. Small insurance companies have a unique opportunity to decide between electing for the company-wide exemption or adopting the PBR methods. This article discusses the benefits and challenges of the options available to small insurers under VM-20 as well as best practices that have been found along the way.

Description: State regulators and the American Academy of Actuaries will present on the latest developments for the future fixed annuity principle-based reserving framework. The presenters will provide an overview of the proposed methodology, as well as updates on regulatory discussions, field testing, the project timeline and outstanding framework elements yet to be determined. By the end of the session, attendees will understand what changes are being made to non-variable annuity reserves, details underlying existing proposals and the anticipated timing of such emerging changes. The session will meet the needs of actuaries focused on annuity reserve calculations, financial reporting and valuation.