Description: The document is about the post-wildfire drinking water crisis and its implications for the insurance industry. It discusses the contamination of drinking water systems by wildfires, remediation strategies, financial considerations for the insurance industry, and potential contributions from the actuarial community.

Description: This methodology guide for the Long-Term Care Population Research Model explains the model's purpose, framework, data sources, user inputs, calculations, and outputs related to public long-term care benefits.

Description: Discover how cutting-edge evaluation techniques can revolutionize decision-making for payers, providers, and consumers in the digital health landscape.

Description: In the second quarter of 2022, publicly traded life insurers reported some of their best financial results since the pandemic began. COVID-19-related claims fell sharply in many product categories. Sales, which had taken a big hit, showed significant improvement as well, though not always to pre-pandemic levels. Sales activity was enough, however, for industry executives to report confidently in their quarterly conference calls that in this regard the worst consequences of the pandemic are over.

Description: The InsurTech New York conference was held on March 28-29, 2023. The Conference theme was Partnerships, Claims and Underwriting. Current market conditions are such that funding shrank significantly as reported by Gallagher Re, with 2021 record annual funding of $15.80 billion dropping to $7.98 billion in 20222. With such reality in mind, this report highlights what we collected from attending pre-conference events and sessions at InsurTech, while networking with peers, industry experts and startups over the two-day event.

Description: Underwriting has continually evolved throughout the history of insurance. Technology advancements over time have opened, and will continue to open, new underwriting possibilities from both process automation and content standpoints.

Description: Results of the PBITT Working Group annual Variable Annuity Survey.

Description: Health care cost trends are a key ingredient that health care actuaries use in their practice. In collaboration with the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), the Society of Actuaries has put together a data extract for practicing health actuaries to be able to better understand historical trends and cost disruptors.

Description: The study covers the extent of the use of big data or data analytics to enhance insurer operations, including sales, distribution, product development, underwriting and claims management within various markets within the Asia-Pacific region where the SOA has a strong and growing member population.

Description: The definition of simplified issue business developed by the Society of Actuaries and the Academy of Actuaries.