Description: 2024 Questionnaire for Hassan Scott Odierno

Description: In Memory of Kiritharan Parankirinathan

Description: This is a press release revealing the inaugural winner of the 2024 SOA Outstanding Educator Award. It also includes some bio information on the winner.

Description: As part of the FSA 2025 pathway redesign, the SOA is providing details on the submission deadlines and grading for FSA modules. The FSA modules will continue to be available for candidates to review but no FSA End-of-Module exercises will be accepted after Dec. 31, 2025.

Description: Driver-based forecasting is a powerful tool to predict and estimate future outcomes. In recent years, driver-based forecasting has gained significant attention as a technique for actuaries to forecast the financial performance of insurance companies. Often there can be frustration around the ability to use forecasts to manage the business. However the objective of a driver-based forecast is to break down historic and projected movement based on the key drivers which impact the results. The key is to understand what the key drivers are on forecasts and what is the relative level of impact and influence we have on the drivers. Listen in on a discussion on the core principles of driver-based forecasting, including how to identify key drivers, collect accurate data, and leverage the latest technology to generate forecasts that traditional models can't match. Explore with us the various driver-based models and how actuaries can leverage them to enhance their decision-making capabilities. Then join the conversation about the challenges actuaries face when implementing this technique and how to mitigate these problems.

Description: As data continues to become more robust and readily available, there has been a push in the actuarial field to transition away from Excel to SQL and Python native cloud-based platforms. While these platforms are widely used and powerful, they present challenges for the actuarial industry: Requiring processes to be production-ready from the onset, technical expertise for integration and robust documentation. Low-code tools provide a unique alternative solution, which works when the organization's operating model allows for actuarial and IT to work together, giving actuaries the flexibility they need while maintaining a level of control followed by the organization In this session, you will watch demonstrations that showcase low-code tools and their use case in the actuarial space. See how these low-barrier-to-entry tools can be leveraged to create robust processes. We will discuss solutions such as Alteryx and Dataiku and how low-code tools can integrate with coding languages such as Python to create more robust processes.

Description: Pandemic modeling and its impact on the insurance and reinsurance business have been the subject of scrutiny during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared its end as a global health emergency, the focus of insurers and reinsurers turns to the possibility of future pandemics. Key to considering possible future pandemics is assessing what is needed to model pandemic risks. Our presentation will focus on providing you with the following: - The main principles around creating a well-established pandemic risk modeling framework, what they are and how you should build them into your model (As a reinsurer, this is core to our business, and we have unique global insights into performing it.) - A review of pandemic risk modeling strategies as well as an understanding of the inherent uncertainties of pandemic events - Lessons learned from COVID-19 and how we can apply them in assessing the possibility of future pandemics - An understanding of the link between future pandemic risk and the capital requirements

Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has been an acute reminder of the material impacts that pandemics can have on Life (re)insurance and society at large. Learn to describe the journey of a Life reinsurance practitioner to model and operationalize pandemic and infectious disease risk, why this is of importance to actuaries, and their risk management. It will consider how such models have been used, developments over time, and challenges in using and calibrating these models. The session will also provide perspectives from a pandemic model provider who will describe the fundamental metrics for pandemic loss distributions and how learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic can be used to quantify the potential impact of the next pandemic. Finally, dive into an outline of how biological principles can be applied to anticipating plausible pathogens causing the next pandemic.

Description: Court is in session and you are the jury! Follow along as challenging aspects of actuarial professionalism are explored in a court-like setting. Deliberate based on what you already know from your own experience, as well as what you learn in this session. Then, deliver your verdict accordingly. Who says learning about actuarial professionalism can't also be fun? If you attended in the past, plan on joining again as we will have new material and updates for discussion. At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to: - Apply actuarial professionalism concepts. - Identify key ASOPs, Professional Code of Code, and/or Qualification Standards for actuaries.

Description: Smaller carriers often think reinsurance is out of reach, while reinsurers may dismiss them as not worth the effort. But that is not necessarily the case. In this interactive session, help us challenge our panel to dispel the myths around small carriers and reinsurance. The panel of representatives from small carriers, reinsurers and other experts will be peppered with questions from the moderator as well as from you and others in the audience. We'll ask them to share their insight and experiences about building partnerships, setting up successful reinsurance programs, and identifying and avoiding potential pitfalls.