Description: Review the passing candidate list by number for SOA’s January 2024 administration of exam P.

Description: The actuarial profession is changing rapidly and the skills needed to be successful are also changing. In this session, we will debate key topics and questions, such as: What is the predominant future career path for actuaries? Specialists or generalists? Does the actuarial profession have a meaningful value prop outside our core domains e.g. insurance? What skills are needed for the actuary of the future? What’s the best approach to improve actuarial storytelling to non-actuarial audiences? What’s the role of actuaries to managing and predicting emerging trends and assumptions? What is the role of actuaries in relation to development and ownership of advanced modeling? Is the future actuarial profession smaller/larger than it is today? In either case, how does it differ from today in terms of make-up, deployment, function, purpose, value add, etc.?

Description: Creating a predictive model is one thing, but then taking that model and getting full stakeholder buy-in is another. Learn from presenters' experiences and insights on proving model effectiveness in the long-term care (LTC), life and annuity spaces. Explore various topics such as feasibility, model transparency, fairness and equity, ROI measurement, data assets and compliance, infrastructure and more. By the end of the session, you will gain an understanding of how to navigate the challenges of proving the effectiveness of predictive modeling and obtaining management buy-in.

Description: As our industry rapidly adopts more advanced technologies, today's actuaries have more data and greater analytical capabilities than ever before. Nevertheless, these advancements come with their own set of challenges.Come explore the tools and techniques to optimize your processes and avoid common pitfalls so that you can get the most out of your experience studies.

Description: Come hear about the latest trends and insights as this panel discusses the happenings in life insurance marketplace. The panel plans to cover product, regulatory, underwriting, marketing, and other trends to help keep the audience up to date on many of Life's changing events.

Description: This document is a call for essays issued by the Society of Actuaries Research Institute. It seeks submissions that explore the impact of Artificial Intelligence/Large Language Models on retirement professionals and retirees. The document provides background information, research objectives, and a list of illustrative topics and questions that the essays can address. The submission guidelines, timeline, and evaluation criteria are also outlined.

Description: View the Effectiveness of Health and Wellness Programs Report

Description: Download and read the 2023 report "Climate Change Consumer Survey" in Simplified Chinese.

Description: With Chapter 20 of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Valuation Manual (VM-20), the expansion of accelerated underwriting programs and digital distribution, new accounting standards under GAAP long-duration targeted improvements (LDTI) and International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 17, along with a changing interest rate environment, companies may be looking for efficient reinsurance solutions to help address these ever changing and varied challenges. Hear highlights on how reinsurance can be utilized to address the challenges associated with managing new business strain and product competitiveness, earnings and risk management, and capital allocation efficiency. At the conclusion of the session, you will understand the various challenges being faced by direct writing companies today and where reinsurance can be leveraged to improve the returns and competitiveness of product offerings, provide flexibility in capital and tax planning, as well as balancing risk appetite and underwriting profit retention.