Description: The Society of Actuaries and the Retirement Income Institute, a project of the Alliance for Lifetime Income, are partnering to explore ideas and thoughts on identifying current and alternative means of achieving and measuring retirement income adequacy. In issuing this call for essays, the organizations aim to gather perspectives, opinions and data on how to advance the state of effective retirement planning to assist individuals, actuaries, financial advisors, employers and other stakeholders.

Description: This document is a Request for Proposals (RFP) outlining a proposal request on the impact of the U.S. drug abuse epidemic on mortality, focusing on opioids. It provides details on the background, purpose, research objectives, proposal requirements, selection process, and conditions for submitting a proposal.

Description: The Society of Actuaries Research Institute (SOA) is interested in collecting thoughts and perspectives on specific opportunities for avoiding or mitigating potential unwanted bias in the products and processes associated with life and annuity insurance processes. Results of this call for essays are intended to meet two objectives: (1) Increase awareness of the potential for unwanted bias that may exist in a specific process, part of process, or method that may currently be used in any point along the entire product value chain for life or annuity insurance products; and (2) Offer methods, techniques, procedures, or approaches for eliminating or reducing the likelihood that unwanted bias could exist in that specific process, part of a process, or method.

Description: Call For Essays: Managing Extreme Event Risk-Reinsurance Tools and Solutions

Description: This research will provide detailed insights into the risk factors that drive U.S. public-sector pension plan mortality experience. The public-sector pension plan mortality experience collected for this research will be aggregated, de-identified, and made available for further analysis. In addition, mortality tables based on this public-sector pension plan experience will be developed for use in the valuation and risk management of public-sector pension plans.

Description: This study explores whether public pension plans have contributed enough to reduce unfunded liabilities, absent other influences such as investment returns.

Description: A research report describing aspects of provider network performance in health care settings with particular focus on experiences with Exchanges.

Description: 2023 looks to already be the costliest year for insured severe thunderstorm damage in the U.S. surpassing the 2020 record of $44 billion, by August, and may very well surpass $50 billion for the full year. In addition to property damage, severe storms and hail have led to fatalities in the U.S. and the risks to populations in vulnerable structures seems to be worsening.

Description: The Living to 100 monograph is composed of the papers, essays, panel discussions, teaching and keynote sessions presented at the symposium.

Description: An update of recent past and upcoming professional development opportunities that have relevance to general insurance actuaries.