Description: The rising interest rate environment has presented more attractive alternatives for VA risk management, but the benefits of different strategies can vary significantly by block of business. This session will highlight key drivers for risk management decisions for variable, fixed index, and registered index-linked annuities. With the viewpoints from different direct writers, reinsurers and preliminary findings of the 2024 Milliman Derivatives Study, the session will then show how product mix, tenure, and regulatory regime influence strategic decision-making. At the end of the session, the audience will help make strategic decisions on sample blocks of business and see how their choices play out in different hypothetical scenarios.

Description: Appointed actuaries are facing a number of changes in the regulatory landscape. Some of these occurred in the past few years, such as AG51 (Asset Adequacy Testing for LTC). Some were very recently put in effect and are evolving, such as AG53 (Modeling and Documentation of Complex Assets). Some are quickly approaching, such as the potential changes to asset adequacy testing requirements for reinsurance ceded by life insurers. In addition, changes to qualification requirements are on the horizon. Hear from appointed actuaries about the challenges they’ve experienced and how they’ve worked through them. Also, learn what challenges and opportunities they see in the near future and how they are preparing for coming changes.

Description: ALM actuaries are critical to insurance companies and pension funds—monitoring ALM positioning, measuring risk exposures, and informing the investment decision making process. However, there are opportunities for actuaries to further increase their impact by expanding their scope and embedding actuarial expertise throughout the investment lifecycle. This session will cover new and enhanced ALM techniques to improve ALM risk and return outcomes, including better integration of credit and market risk measurement, and enhanced liability-driven investing strategies.

Description: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been our chosen metric for growth since the Great Depression, but expectations are for lower GDP growth going forward than we are accustomed to. Its two components, population and productivity, face headwinds—population from a declining birth rate and longevity, and productivity from increased climate events, energy costs, global conflict and raw materials shortages.

Description: 'Rethinking Bias in Communication: Persuasion for Actuaries' will delve into the art of persuasion and the science of belief change. Drawing from contemporary works like 'How Minds Change' and 'Think Again,' this session will equip actuaries with tools to recognize and deal with cognitive biases present in communication, and foster a culture of continuous learning and open-mindedness. Attendees will leave with working knowledge of some of the psychological forces at play in decision-making and communication, strategies for engaging in more productive dialogues, and tools to facilitate belief changes in themselves and others.

Description: In this session, participate in a mock negotiation of a typical value based contract taking on the role of either provider or payer and solving for the various negotiation challenges, objections, risk mitigations, data requirements, etc. from either party. Attendees will learn best practices and ideal tools and workflows to engage in when supporting VBC negotiations and gain insights into the typical challenges to equitable and agreeable terms.

Description: This video by Arthur da Silva, FSA, FCIA introduces the core concepts of cloud computing and cloud platforms, and explains the benefits and trade-offs of using cloud-native, cloud-enabled, and cloud-based applications. It also provides an overview of the current and future usage of cloud computing among actuaries. The video is aimed at actuarial professionals who want to learn more about the cloud and how it can enhance their work.

Description: Come discuss the benefits and challenges of collaboration between academic institutions and industry stakeholders in shaping actuarial education and research agendas. Register for this event now.

Description: This webcast compares and contrasts four key regulatory capital regimes for life insurers around the world: Risk-Based Capital (RBC) in the United States, Life Insurer Capital Adequacy Test (LICAT) in Canada, Solvency II in the European Union and the Bermuda Insurance Solvency (BIS) Framework in Bermuda.

Description: Keynote Speaker: J.D. Kleinke, Author and Medical Economist J.D. Kleinke has been instrumental in the creation of four health care information organizations; has served on the Boards of several health care companies; and spent many years advising both sides of the political aisle on non-partisan, practical approaches to health policy and legislation.