Description: There have been several major disruptions that will likely end up dragging the world into a major regime change. The best way to prepare for the next New Normal is with Scenario Planning. Come join a mock scenario planning exercise working in groups. You will be provided a New Normal Scenario and each group will work to develop a new plan for the transition of a business to successfully navigating that Scenario. Groups will share their scenarios and their plans. Session Coordinators will provide the scenario as well as an outline for a plan to respond to the scenario. Workshop participants will work out details for their scenario and plan in small groups. This session is a follow up to two webcasts sponsored by the JRMS in May and June 2023.

Description: Elatia Abate, the founder of the Future of Now and Futurist in Residence at Paylocity, is an entrepreneur whose mission is to revolutionize the way trailblazing leaders understand, train and fuel their leadership. Named a Forbes leading female futurist, she is a globally recognized expert on the future of work and strategy. Her Future-Led Leadership™ learning and development content has been utilized in organizations including PwC, Verizon, and CME Group. Elatia is a sought-after keynote speaker on the topics of the future of work, leadership, and resilience. She is an instructor for LinkedIn Learning, at Stanford University in the Continuing Studies Department, and the Executive Education Department of The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

Description: Join mental health experts (e.g., providers, academics) as they engage in an interview-style conversation designed to inform you about the current state of mental health in the U.S. and potential pathways for improving mental health care and mental health insurance benefits. Through discussion of plan design, provider network, provider reimbursement and other relevant channels, you'll find ways you can use these channels to help enhance an individual's access to care, improving their health and overall quality of life.

Description: SOA education is continually evolving to meet the current and future needs of candidates, members, employers, and the public. Learn from presenters as they review recent changes, in particular the recently announced 2025 evolution of the FSA pathway, and preview what is to come. At the conclusion of the session, you'll be able to identify current and planned changes in SOA pre-qualification education.

Description: Join in and learn to describe the changes in provider contracting that are emerging in the post-COVID marketplace. Examples include: - Carrier transparency files - Increase sophistication of provider negotiators - Additional sources of data - Market issues increasing urgency - Demanding new contracting models

Description: Insurers are now in a better position than ever to both understand and enhance their customers' health and well-being. A key avenue for this is through developing health and wellness offerings for clients—for mutual benefit. Around the world, the proliferation of lifestyle and health data continues to gather pace.

Description: Dive into the challenges of practitioners working across components that make up the Risk Management infrastructure with a variety of health, life and P&C insurers in this panel discussion webcast. Panelists will highlight how these insurers operate with the data and tools available to them and the existing challenges in interactions with an organization's leadership. Be part of this webcast that delves into the interplay between first- and second-line defense and how high levels of independence and professionalism can be achieved in a fast-moving, multi-discipline cross functional ERM role.

Description: Are Accelerated Underwriting (AU) programs performing as expected? As mortality experience will (hopefully) be slow to emerge, it is pivotal that we look at alternative methods of monitoring early performance. From random hold outs, to post-issue APS's, and post-issue prescription profiles, explore popular monitoring techniques and lessons learned so far. Focus on confusion matrices that provide an early indication of mortality slippage relative to fluid-based underwriting decisions. Finally, explore statistical methods to determine what constitutes credibility and identify opportunities to think about mortality slippage more robustly.

Description: Actuarial leaders are continuing to adapt to fully remote and hybrid environments, while also evolving their strategies to accommodate shifting needs and increase retention as the war for talent intensifies. In order to build engaged and future-focused teams that are loyal in the long-term, leaders must refine their management approach and be intentional about helping employees build relationships, connect to culture and lean into their futures with the organization. Listen as panelists share their insights on the role professional development plays in retention and ways they've effectively supported their own employees' growth and advancement to build long-term loyalty.

Description: The Society of Actuaries is committed to fostering a more inclusive and diverse environment in the U.S. and elsewhere around the world for members, candidates and customers wherever they live. An important aspect of this commitment is dedicated research that the Society of Actuaries has sponsored to further advance this effort. Explore diversity, equity and inclusion issues from the aspect of retirement preparedness and other aging issues. Results from a recently released research report and author's views from an invitation to write essays on these issues will be presented with an opportunity for audience suggestions for future work.