Description: This project forecasts China's population structure in the coming decades by projecting both the mortality and fertility rates of the Chinese population.

Description: China’s pension system has transformed from traditional retirement system based on command economy to modern pension system based on market economy.

Description: WeChat is gradually becoming the main force of insurance online marketing for insurance products in China.

Description: Read the December 2018 issue of Long-Term Care News published by the Long Term Care Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Read the December 2017 issue of The Financial Reporter published by the Financial Reporting Section.

Description: Many life and health insurers are beginning to use Predictive Analytics (PA) for a variety of purposes. This article addresses the unique challenges and potential disruption PA brings to the risk manager, as well as the opportunities.

Description: Latest in our on-going series in which we have a candid discussion with one the insurance industry's most respected and high profile risk practitioners

Description: Read the December 2018 issue of The Financial Reporter, published by the Financial Reporting Section.

Description: Recent major changes in California law make the CA Partnership for Long Term Care affordable for those with moderate income and assets.

Description: The article focuses on implementation considerations for insurance companies that will be implementing both IFRS 17 and US GAAP Targeted Improvements. Many of the practical considerations are common to both implementations and will also be of interest to readers who are only implementing one of these changes.

Description: The transportation industry is in the early stages of profound changes, due to development of sophisticated driving safety and automation technologies.

Description: The SOA is pleased to make available material from the Stanford Center on Longevity that focuses on predictions of financial security at different life stages.er on Longevity (SCL).

Description: View the Spring 2019 ERM Introductory Study.

Description: View the Fall 2018 ERM GI Exam

Description: Sample project report for PA Exam.

Description: Managed strategies as underlying investments in VA/FIA products have seen spectacular growth since the financial crisis. The speakers of these sessions will share their views on the development of this market and what is expected to unfold over the next 12 months in regard to the next generation of products and fund-based strategies.

Description: View the Spring 2019 Syllabi for the 2019 FSA Exam.

Description: Reinsurance has been available for VA Guarantees for over 20 years. During that time, the reinsurance market for VA Guarantees has undergone frequent and sometimes violent transformations. Where does the market stand today? What forms and structures of reinsurance are available? Which VA Guarantee designs and features are easier to reinsure? Is reinsurance offered on both newly issued policies as well as in force/legacy books, and which vintages are difficult to reinsure? In an age of sophisticated hedging programs, what role does a reinsurer play in helping a VA writer manage this highly volatile risk? In this session, we will hear from a reinsurer that is actively writing new VA Guarantee reinsurance treaties in the U.S. and around the world, and from a VA writer that has successfully partnered with a reinsurer to enhance its VA product offering.

Description: View the Spring 2019 Syllabi for the 2019 FSA Exam.

Description: View the Spring 2019 Syllabi for the 2019 FSA Exam.

Description: View the Spring 2019 Syllabi for the 2019 FSA Exam.

Description: View the Spring 2019 Syllabi for the 2019 FSA Exam.

Description: View the exam book list.

Description: View the exam book list.

Description: View the Spring 2019 Syllabi for the 2019 FSA Exam.

Description: View the exam book list.

Description: View the Spring 2019 Syllabi for the 2019 FSA Exam.

Description: View the exam book list.

Description: View the Spring 2019 Introductory Study Note for the 2019 FSA Exam.

Description: View the exam book list.

Description: Read the November 2018 issue of Reinsurance News published by the Reinsurance Section.

Description: This session will explore several critical elements in developing a sustainable and coherent framework to translate complex annuity (VA and FIA) policyholder behavior experience data to assumption models using company- and industry-level data, as well as inforce management techniques to handle related risks.

Description: In this article, we will describe EY’s five-pillar approach that balances practicality with comprehensiveness, and how this applies to LTC model validation.

Description: Read the December 2018 issue of Risk Management published by the Joint Risk Management Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Read the December 2018 issue of Risk Management published by the Joint Risk Management Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: A discussion on how reinsurance is quickly evolving.

Description: Read the October 2018 issue of Health Watch, published by the Health Section. Practical information for actuaries, articles impact sections, section activities.

Description: Read the October 2018 issue of Retirement Section News published by the Retirement Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Discusses help those who do not have enough quarters of work to qualify for Social Security.

Description: Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance (CPPI) performance is assessed on realistic assumptions and dynamic strategies to mitigate the so-called ”gap risk”.

Description: Read the October 2018 issue of Product Matters published by the Product Development Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Discussion of FinTech including PIMCO research on 401(k) use of managed accounts and observations about cybersecurity, genetic data, and retirement spend down.

Description: Joe Wurzburger, Staff Fellow at the SOA, shares his views and insights about the health care industry in general and the Health Section's role in particular.

Description: Advice and lessons learned from two industry leaders on how to account for organizational culture and strategy, InsurTech, and customers in order to build a winning environment for innovation and execution.

Description: List of NAAJ prize winners.

Description: Report summarizing the results of the 2018 PBITT UL with Secondary Guarantees Survey

Description: The Society of Actuaries are once again offering a seminar that investigates all aspects of life insurance, annuity and long term care product tax compliance. Developed by the Taxation Section, participants will be brought up-to-date on recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and learn about the newest tax issues related to product design and administration. Legal, IRS and product development experts will provide vital insights into the challenges of developing and administering products within the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), and allow ample opportunities for networking, questions and information exchange.

Description: This research addresses how to model different reinvestment strategies to determine which ones maximize the economic results in different economic conditions.

Description: DB pensions should remain as one of the compensation tools available to workers and management as they work out the value-maximizing means of delivering compensation to workers.

Description: As companies implement PBR, this article outlines challenges regarding the treatment of accelerated underwriting under VM-20 and in light of future innovation.

Description: Read the September 2018 issue of The Financial Reporter published by the Financial Reporting Section.

Description: View AHIP RFP for Insurance Education.

Description: Asia is experiencing changing demographic, social, and cultural tides which threaten to submerge existing retirement-pension systems.

Description: Candidate questionnaire for Roger Loomis

Description: View the Fall 2018 Life Risk Management Exam Case Study.

Description: View the Quantitative Finance and Investments Advanced Formula Sheet.

Description: A plain-language, high-level explanation of employer withdrawal liability issues, including how they grew to be large and barriers to their collection.

Description: Read the August 2018 issue of Risk Management published by the Joint Risk Management Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Update on LTC Section activities and other issues from the perspective of a Society of Actuaries' staff actuary.

Description: A summary from the annual ILTCI conference including session content from seven tracks focusing on unique issues and solutions in long term care.

Description: Read the August 2018 issue of Risks & Rewards published by the Investment Section.

Description: Derives appropriate hedge ratios for CPPI strategies, taking into account discrete hedge times and market dislocations (gap risk).

Description: The article explores the possibility of using the emerging technology for life insurers to build a monitor system for better risk and profitability management.

Description: Read the August 2018 issue of Long-Term Care News published by the Long Term Care Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Candidate questionnaire for Julie Curtis

Description: These essays encourage actuaries to share how they incorporate financial risks of environmental sustainability into their work for employers or clients.

Description: The SOA and the CIA are pleased to make available a research report assessing the impact of Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) enhancements.

Description: Examination of current funding models of Canadian public pension plans and a proposal for funding reform to improve intergenerational equity & sustainability.

Description: 2 public plans improve intergenerational equity & sustainability: DC plan, active employees & lifetime benefit, retirees. 2 tools measure effectiveness.

Description: Examines the link between population structure and asset values by generating returns on assets in the presence of demographic change using an OLG Model.

Description: Read the June 2018 issue of The Financial Reporter published by the Financial Reporting Section of the SOA.

Description: The article describes changes to the computation of tax reserves as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Description: Read the June 2018 issue of Product Matters published by the Product Development Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.