Description: Join us for an Economic Outlook Panel that will explore topics like "what are markets saying about likelihood and severity or a recession?" and "how is inflation impacting investment decisions?" Our investment experts speaking at this panel have backgrounds in asset management, insurance and pensions and plan to speak on current macroeconomic trends and their impact on the market. Audience members will have the opportunity to participate and ask question during this live webcast. Prepare for a lively conversation with a panel focused on impacts of our economic environment.

Description: The primary purpose of this paper is to demonstrate, through a basic stochastic projection model, how inflation might impact savings and investing for retirement.

Description: Given the rise in interest rates during 2022, join an insightful discussion on the implications of increasing rates on fixed annuity (FA) and fixed index annuity (FIA) business by looking at industry experience for FA and FIA products for 2022 compared to earlier years. Additionally, you will walk through partial withdrawals, guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit (GLWB) utilization, mortality and what to expect as interest rate volatility continues.

Description: Life insurers have been allocating to alternative investments (private credits, real assets, private equities) in the past decades, searching for higher yields. Examine the macro trend in insurer's investment allocation, definitions of alternative investments, benefits of investing in them as well as consideration of regulatory complications involved. Come learn about alternative asset classes, best practice in ALM and regulatory trends in insurance asset management.