Description: The Product Development Section Council and the Committee on Life Insurance Research of the SOA engaged RGA Reinsurance Company to undertake a research project on level premium term life insurance products with a particular focus on the magnitude and impact of the 'shock lapse' at the end of the level premium period. Mortality was also studied. These are the Excel Pivot Tables for that study. Please see the SOA website experience studies for the full report.

Description: Feature article discussing actuarial assumptions in the investment world and financial models.

Description: Actuaries can empower their understanding of policyholder behavior with third party data. Modeling policyholder behavior should start from developing knowledge of who they are, instead of actuaries assuming what a rational behavior should be.

Description: The Casualty Actuarial Society, the Society of Actuaries Research Institute, the Society of Actuaries Joint Risk Management, Reinsurance and Financial Reporting Sections are pleased to make available key findings from the 2022 Emerging Risks Survey, the sixteenth in the series. Conducted by Max J. Rudolph of Rudolph Financial Consulting LLC, the survey incorporated a set of Emerging Risks defined by the World Economic Forum as the basis for several of the questions. The survey also included questions related to current risk management topics.

Description: This study aims to explore the evolution of and trends in how consumers from younger generations understand, investigate, and purchase private insurance plans.

Description: The Survey of Emerging Risk has been successfully conducted in North America for 16 years, consistently providing reports that track risk managers' opinions on emerging topics transcending the current business cycle, with strategic plans extending over decades. Since 2022, the survey has been specifically introduced to the Asia-Pacific markets with local language support, aiming to gauge actuarial and risk management professionals' opinions on emerging risks in the Asian market.

Description: This report presents research into recent population mortality experience as it pertains to development of mortality improvement assumptions for measuring obligations of retirement programs in the United States.

Description: As the medicine practice continues to evolve, join us for this webcast to receive up-to-date information about the incorporation of scientific advancements and emerging evidence into the field. The creation of innovative treatments and the focus on improving patient outcome can cause information and price shocks, which will be one of the covered topics. Expect to utilize this webcast as an introduction to precision medicine, which is a genetics-based approach to healthcare. Speakers will share their experiences in demonstrating cost-effectiveness and promoting reimbursement with this new approach.

Description: Experience report for life insurance policies with face amounts of $1 million or higher.

Description: On September 14, 2022, The Wall Street Journal hosted its ‘Future of Health’ event, which was a virtual event featuring three sessions on some emerging cutting-edge topics that could impact the future healthcare environment as well as health care actuaries. This report summarizes the event.