Description: The Professionalism in Practice: Precept 10 e-course focuses specifically on the professional obligations to perform actuarial services with courtesy and respect, in cooperation with stakeholders.

Description: During the2019 InsureTech Connect conference in Las Vegas, the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and Plug and Play today announced the two organizations are nearing an agreement on professional development offerings and learning opportunities. The SOA and Plug and Play plan to work together on a variety of InsurTech-focused events and projects for the SOA membership, insurance industry and technology sector.

Description: Actuarial Perspectives on COVID-19: June 10 Twitter Chat with the Society of Actuaries

Description: This report provides actuaries and other professionals working with risk, data and analytics or program evaluation in the health care space with considerations and frameworks related to the use of determinants of health (DOH) in data and actuarial work streams. Such frameworks can leverage new data sources to enrich health care data analysis to move beyond traditional data elements, such as age, gender, zip code or health diagnosis.

Description: In memory of Harold Dershowitz.

Description: Modifiable risk factors stand out today as significant contributors to diseases, and yet we as an industry haven't tackled this. Instead, we sit by almost passively as obesity, diabetes and hypertension rates continue to skyrocket. In fact, obesity and overweight is now over 70% of the US population and has turned into the forgotten pandemic. Globally, no country in the world has improved their obesity percentage rates during the past 15 years. Insurers are starting to explore health interventions which have the potential to reduce claims and change people's behavior.

Description: What learnings and challenges did 2023 Long Duration Targeting Improvement (LDTI) adopters experience? What's ahead for 2025 adopters? And how do companies leverage LDTI to improve data and analytics and benefits operations? Join the session for a deep dive into what's next on the horizon.

Description: As predictive analytics and data quality become more important to the insurance industry, there is greater need for cross-department communication/integration.

Description: Hear from Michael Xiao about how actuaries are combining business knowledge and data science skills to excel in Kaggle competitions.

Description: The Society of Actuaries is honored to announce the recipients of the Outstanding Session Awards for the 2022 Life Meeting that took place Aug. 23–26.