Description: This report evaluates the impact and evolution of societal risk management due to projected future changes in frequency, severity, and variety of weather-related catastrophes.

Description: SECURE 2.0 included provisions that improve the ability of insurers to serve those who own qualified annuities. Several previously disallowed distribution methods are now allowed. These changes should increase the availability and desirability by contract owners to choose a payout annuity compared to required minimum distributions. An insurer considering enhancing qualified annuitization offerings might follow the approach outlined to potentially increase qualified annuitization sales and assist contract owners in protecting their principal more directly than previously.

Description: A Request for Proposals (RFP) for research studies on the impact of climate change and catastrophes on the U.S. health infrastructure. It outlines the background, objectives, submission requirements, and selection process for potential researchers.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute’s Individual Annuity Experience Committee (IAEC) and LIMRA are soliciting surrender/lapse, withdrawal, living benefit utilization, annuitization, and premium deposit experience for fixed indexed annuities (FIAs) both with and without a guaranteed living benefit offering for contract year 2023 (from contract anniversaries in 2023 to contract anniversaries in 2024).

Description: Considerations in Developing Combination Long Term Care products

Description: How Does AI Change the Technical Skill Requirements for Actuaries?

Description: 2009-2024 Post-Level Term Lapse and Mortality Experience Study Data Request

Description: The purpose of this document is to inform the user of the 2022 Health Care Cost Model about the sources of data, other reports, and assumptions which were used to populate this report and drive some of the key considerations.

Description: Over the past month, the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic has raised questions on how this outbreak will impact life insurance industry claims. This report pulls emerging U.S. COVID-19 hospitalization data and deaths obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) COVIDView, a Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 activity, and compares it to data from past U.S. influenza seasons obtained from the CDC’s Flu Activity and Surveillance webpage.

Description: Historical U.S. population mortality rates by gender and single year of age for calendar years 2000-2016.