Description: This document is a research study conducted by Derrick FUNG Wing Hong, PhD, FSA, CERA, from The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, sponsored by The Society of Actuaries Research Institute. It investigates the impact of COVID-19 on insurers and the relationship between Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) sophistication and insurers' resilience.

Description: This survey tracks the relative rankings of risk managers about emerging risks across time. It is the 18th survey of emerging risks sponsored by the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), Society of Actuaries (SOA) and Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA), administered by the Joint Risk Management Section.

Description: Retirement market study of Brazil in Spanish.

Description: Retirement market study of Chile in English.

Description: Retirement market study of Colombia in English.

Description: The purpose of the paper is to facilitate understanding of the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and its ramifications on actuarial work.

Description: This report provides a general introduction, a brief summary and a list of references that include various articles, papers, program proposals and legislative notes that provide additional insight into the following topics related to Business Interruption Insurance and the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on its current and future state of coverage: • General Information on Business Interruption Insurance • Legal Actions • State and Federal Legislation • Proposed Private/Public Partnerships for Future Pandemics as they Relate to Business Interruption Insurance • Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses, Insurers and Reinsurers: Magnitude of Losses and Future Business Interruption Coverage • Future of Insuring a Pandemic

Description: This document describes an effort to measure the deaths in the U.S. population relative to pre-pandemic expectations. This report updates the original report, 2020 Excess Deaths in the U.S. General Population by Age and Sex, with more complete data for 2020.

Description: The Society of Actuaries and LIMRA have sponsored a Variable Annuity Guaranteed Living Benefit Utilization Study. This study is an annual update of earlier investigations conducted since 2006.

Description: The study identifies significant U.S. mortality improvement/deterioration trends since 1959 including, but not limited to, those described in the SOA report, Components of Historical Mortality Improvement, using cause-of-death and other relevant data sources to quantify the likely degree of causality.