Description: Review of non public options to finance care including personal savings, revers mortgages, family care and private insurance.

Description: Become informed about the approach and adverse effects of the regulation of third parties and advance consent by the proposed NAIC Consumer Privacy Protection Model Law #674. You will hear an explanation of the regulation of third parties through their contracts with insurers. Learn specifics on the negative effect on companies contracting with third parties. Find out more about the requirement for advance consent for use of personal data for actuarial and marketing studies, and hear two potential solutions .At the conclusion of this session, you should be able to explain concerns about contracting with third parties for external data under the Model Law and learn potential solutions to using personal data for actuarial and marketing studies.

Description: I present my thoughts on the importance for the section to collaborate with other sections and what the section is doing to collaborate.

Description: This session will cover the treatment of various forms of reinsurance under Valuation Manual-20 (VM-20). Speakers will discuss the implications of various types of reinsurance agreements on the calculation of principle-based reserves (PBR). This will include coinsurance and modified coinsurance, guaranteed and non-guaranteed yearly renewable term (YRT), as well as financial reinsurance.

Description: Come learn how Maryland is leading the charge in improving affordability for its individual market enrollees. Learn about the success of the state's 1332 reinsurance program and additional initiatives including further Medicaid expansion, additional state and CSR subsidies, and eligible population expansions.

Description: A summary article about the SOA Research Institute's participation in the summer 2024 NAIC national meeting in Chicago.

Description: Collective Defined Contribution Plans offer an option in plan design that lies somewhere between defined benefit and defined contribution plans. This is achieved by fixing the contributions to the plan, but allowing benefits to fluctuate based on experience. This article provides a basic summary of how they can be structured. There are limitations to their use in the US, but are gaining in popularity elsewhere around the globe.

Description: A Request for Proposals (RFP) for research studies on the impact of climate change and catastrophes on the U.S. health infrastructure. It outlines the background, objectives, submission requirements, and selection process for potential researchers.

Description: Savings from biosimilars have accelerated significantly in the past few years. There has been a number of relatively recent biosimilar launches that can help to shape our expectations of the financial impact that could result from this year’s big event. Savings from biosimilars have accelerated significantly in the past few years. There has been a number of relatively recent biosimilar launches that can help to shape our expectations of the financial impact that could result from this year’s big event.

Description: A recap of the SOA Research Institute's participation in the NAIC Spring 2023 meeting