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: What if a blood test can detect more than 50 types of cancer, including those in early stages? A biotech company, GRAIL, has developed the first-to-market Multi-Cancer Early Detection test and launched it for commercial use in 2021. Join us to learn how Munich Re and GRAIL are partnering to bring its Galleri test to the life insurance industry. You will also explore how we as an industry can help save lives by detecting cancer earlier and share perspectives on some early findings and cost-benefit analysis

Description: Discover the impact of COVID-19 on member costs post diagnosis and the future of mortality in this Emerging Long Term COVID-19 Trends webcast. This webcast will be split up into Health and Life portions. During the Health portion of this webcasts, you will learn more about the impact on risk scores due to recent findings. Enjoy this discussion and further dive into the emerging COVID-19 trends that may affect how you conduct business practices. At the Life portion, the SOA Research Institute assembled a panel of mortality experts who will express opinions on the effects of the U.S. mortality rate for general, insured and pension populations in the short-term.

Description: Discover the benefits of building a shared business model during the Building Digital Platforms: Insurtechs, Carriers and Reinsurers webcast. This is an educational event for the actuary interested in product and channel innovation, in addition to those wanting to understand how to juggle competitive incentives in the market. Representatives from Insurtechs, insurance carriers and reinsurers will discuss their distribution development and product capabilities for marketing insurance products on digital platforms, as well as their collaboration throughout the process.

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: The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Society of Insurance Research (SIR) started developing research addressing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) topics. Join panelists as they briefly present an overview of their organization's DEI research and share their perspectives on common challenges facing all the stages of this research: - Planning relevant and timely research with a long timeline. - Getting appropriate data and resources to support your research. - Communicating research on topics that may be controversial.

Description: As actuaries, we're trained to see patterns in numbers and to design solutions that mitigate risk. While quantitative analysis and modeling are critical actuarial tools, looking at the numbers alone can lead to insurance products that don't succeed in the real world the way math says they should. With new digital technologies surfacing in the insurance space, we have more data at our fingertips than ever before, leading to a higher focus on doing quantitative research within insurance product design. Take back a step from quantitative research and discover qualitative research methodologies into your product development process to design solutions that meet real needs in the market. In a nutshell, qualitative research can surface issues early and help you answer questions such as: Can we really sell this product in the market? Why would someone buy this? How widespread is the need? How could your product be a solution you didn't intend?